Bassett, TX Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

600 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2008

Expires:

1200 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CARRY OVER INTO THE EVENING AS HEATING...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE COMBINE. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A TROPICAL WAVE WILL TRACK WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE WARM WATERS. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO THE EXACT TRACK ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH MIDWEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE OUTER BANDS OF THIS SYSTEM. TO THE NORTH AN AMPLIFYING TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL PROVIDE FOR A NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ALOFT SENDING A COLD FRONT THAT PULLS UP SHORT FROM ENTERING THE FOUR STATE REGION...BUT DOES HELP PRODUCE RAIN CHANCES AROUND THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN SECTIONS AROUND MID WEEK. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.