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FPUS74 KAMA 152120
NOWAMA

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
420 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-152230-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...BEAVER...BOISE CITY...BOOKER...
BORGER...CANADIAN...CANYON...CLARENDON...CLAUDE...DALHART...DUMAS...
GUYMON...HARTLEY...HEREFORD...MIAMI...PAMPA...PANHANDLE...PERRYTON...
SHAMROCK...SPEARMAN...STRATFORD...VEGA...WELLINGTON
420 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

.NOW...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 4 PM...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM ROMERO TO BORGER TO FOLLETT
IS SLOWING MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. SOUTH OF THE FRONT A DRYLINE EXTENDS
FROM SKELLYTOWN TO GOODNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON IN AREAS EAST OF THE DRYLINE
AND SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS AREA
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE
FROM THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS. THIS WILL RESULT IN QUICK RISES OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER. SOME OF THE
COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE IMPACTED BY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
CANADIAN...MIAMI...PAMPA...CLARENDON...SHAMROCK...AND WHEELER.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING
TO 40 MPH. SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM INCLUDE DUMAS AND CACTUS.

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SJOHNSON