Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...
HOT...HUMID...AND RAINLESS WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER BRINGS
HURRICANE RITA WESTWARD INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. RITA MOST
LIKELY WILL TURN NORTHWEST EARLY SATURDAY...MAKING LAND FALL ALONG
THE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST...BEFORE MOVING NORTHWARD INTO NORTH TEXAS
LATE SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY.
THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...AND THE EVENTUAL TRACK
WILL BE REFINED AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK
BRINGS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHEAST ONE-HALF OF NORTH
TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH STORMS SPREADING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS LIKELY TO BE ISSUED AS RITA APPROACHES NORTH TEXAS.
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY LATE FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.
MOREOVER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH RITA'S
REMNANT CIRCULATION...MAINLY FROM WACO SOUTHWARD...SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SUNDAY.
FINALLY...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS...NEXT TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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