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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1145 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST
SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AS A DRY LINE APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH ENERGY FROM AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO WEATHERFORD...TO SHERMAN. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE FROM HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY OVER ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH A FEW TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...MAINLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO
WEATHERFORD...TO SHERMAN.