853 AWUS44 KLUB 031007 SWSTX WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 515 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 EARLY THIS MORNING...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHAMROCK TO AROUND MULESHOE AND THEN WEST INTO NEW MEXICO. WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM THE PANHANDLES SOUTHWARD INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN SNYDER AND ABILENE. ALL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. OTHERWISE...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY EXCEPT MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND FAR WEST. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 40S AND 50S NORTH OF THE FRONT TO THE 60S AND 70S IN SOUTHERN AND FAR WEST TEXAS. EXTREMES VARIED FROM A COOL 43 DEGREES AT BOISE CITY OKLAHOMA TO A MILD 70 AT DRYDEN. WIND WAS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT...AND FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH TO ITS SOUTH. WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FORECAST SUMMARY...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY FROM THE PANHANDLES INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND CONCHO VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THIS AREA...MOST NUMEROUS FROM THE PANHANDLES INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE. REMAINING AREAS WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BIG BEND AREA. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S AND 70S NORTH TO THE 80S AND 90S IN SOUTHERN AND FAR WEST TEXAS. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 50S AND 60S EXCEPT FOR SOME 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHS FRIDAY MOSTLY FROM THE MID 70S TO MID 80S EXCEPT FOR 90S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. ELLIS  853 AWUS44 KLUB 031007 SWSTX WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 515 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 EARLY THIS MORNING...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHAMROCK TO AROUND MULESHOE AND THEN WEST INTO NEW MEXICO. WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM THE PANHANDLES SOUTHWARD INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN SNYDER AND ABILENE. ALL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. OTHERWISE...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY EXCEPT MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND FAR WEST. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 40S AND 50S NORTH OF THE FRONT TO THE 60S AND 70S IN SOUTHERN AND FAR WEST TEXAS. EXTREMES VARIED FROM A COOL 43 DEGREES AT BOISE CITY OKLAHOMA TO A MILD 70 AT DRYDEN. WIND WAS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT...AND FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH TO ITS SOUTH. WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FORECAST SUMMARY...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY FROM THE PANHANDLES INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND CONCHO VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THIS AREA...MOST NUMEROUS FROM THE PANHANDLES INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE. REMAINING AREAS WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BIG BEND AREA. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S AND 70S NORTH TO THE 80S AND 90S IN SOUTHERN AND FAR WEST TEXAS. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 50S AND 60S EXCEPT FOR SOME 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHS FRIDAY MOSTLY FROM THE MID 70S TO MID 80S EXCEPT FOR 90S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. ELLIS