Hooks, TX Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

1200 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

Expires:

600 AM CDT WED JUL 09 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...SETTLING OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...BEFORE WAVING NORTHWARD AGAIN ON FRIDAY. THIS FRONT WILL TRIGGER SPOTTY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.