255 WWUS84 KAMA 031803 SPSAMA OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-032100- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HEREFORD...TO CANYON...TO SKELLYTOWN...TO ALLISON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A STATIONARY FRONT WAS IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. A MOIST AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE EAST OF THIS FRONT. THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...SOUTHEAST TO EAST LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT...AND WILL THEN MOVE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A ZONE OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... WHICH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON. COCKRELL  255 WWUS84 KAMA 031803 SPSAMA OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-032100- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HEREFORD...TO CANYON...TO SKELLYTOWN...TO ALLISON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A STATIONARY FRONT WAS IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. A MOIST AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE EAST OF THIS FRONT. THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...SOUTHEAST TO EAST LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT...AND WILL THEN MOVE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A ZONE OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... WHICH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON. COCKRELL