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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
431 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THAT PART OF
NORTH TEXAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN...TO FORT WORTH AND
COMANCHE. THUNDERSTORM AND RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA. WHILE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL PRESENT A HAZARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION.
ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STORMS...
MAINLY BEHIND THE FRONT...MAY PRODUCE SMALL TO MARGINALLY SEVERE
HAIL. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY FOR AREAS
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO GOLDTHWAITE. SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

I hope you get some rain, Stooge. I am sure your area needs all it can get.

May you get what rain you can use.

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1156 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041900-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
1156 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003

.NOW...
A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY TO
LUBBOCK. NORTH OF THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 30S AND 40S.
AS THE FRONT PASSED OKLAHOMA CITY THIS MORNING...THE
TEMPERATURE FELL 15 DEGREES FROM 72 TO 57 IN ONE HOUR. FURTHER
SOUTH...OVER NORTH TEXAS...TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE 70S. AT 1130
AM...JUST A FEW SHOWERS DOTTED THE AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING
FROM A TRACE TO PERHAPS ONE HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER... THERE
ARE SIGNS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS DESTABILIZING OVER NORTH TEXAS AS
VERY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL DYNAMICS APPROACH THE AREA. A CUMULUS FIELD
IS FORMING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A DRYLINE THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR VERNON
TO WEST OF SAN ANGELO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO
FORM JUST EAST OF THE DRYLINE NORTH OF ARCHER CITY. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY EARLY AFTERNOON NORTHWEST OF
AN EASTLAND TO GAINESVILLE LINE. THE COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTH
TEXAS BY MID EVENING...SPREADING THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE DALLAS AND FORT WORTH AREAS OVERNIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY RAPIDLY TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.