Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Fort Worth, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
358 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE JUST STARTING TO FIRE ALONG THE DRYLINE AS OF
2045Z. A TORNADO WATCH HAS RECENTLY BEEN ISSUED TO COVER THE
WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...LAMPASAS LINE. THESE STORMS SHOULD
MOVE EAST AT 20-25 MPH...WITH THE SUPERCELLS TRACKING SOUTHEAST.
HAVE KEPT THE BEST POPS FOR THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF
OF NORTH TEXAS TEXAS. WE WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. CHANCES
SUNDAY WILL ONLY BE ALONG THE RED RIVER. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL
BUILD IN MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS
IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND MORNING LOWS IN THE 70S.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  77  96  76  97  76 /  30  20  30  10  10
WACO, TX              78  98  76  98  76 /  20  20  20  10   5
PARIS, TX             74  94  74  94  74 /  30  20  30  20  10
DENTON, TX            76  96  74  97  74 /  30  20  30  10  10
MCKINNEY, TX          75  96  74  96  72 /  30  20  30  20  10
DALLAS, TX            79  96  78  97  78 /  30  20  30  10   5
TERRELL, TX           76  96  76  96  75 /  30  20  20  10   5
CORSICANA, TX         75  97  75  96  75 /  20  20  20  10   5
TEMPLE, TX            74  97  74  97  74 /  20  20  20  10   5

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.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131100-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
345 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS IN SOME LOCATIONS
THIS WEEKEND...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE FORTHCOMING
WEEK. AT TIMES...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH 105 DEGREES OR MORE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY WEST OF THE
I-35 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ELSEWHERE.

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