Hazardous weather outlook
In National Weather Service (NWS) terminology, a Hazardous Weather Outlook is a weather statement issued to provide information of potential severe weather events within the next seven days. The outlook may include information about potential severe thunderstorms, heavy rain or flooding, winter weather, extremes temperatures.[1]
Examples of a Hazardous Weather Outlook
Fair weather
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 144 AM PDT THU APR 21 2011 NVZ013-033-220845- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 144 AM PDT THU APR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$
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Stormy weather
000 FLUS44 KLZK 221100 HWOLZK HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231100- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 500 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. EARLY MORNING DENSE FOG WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND AREA MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING. OTHERWISE...THE FAST MOVING STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND DEVELOP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FACTORS WILL COME TOGETHER FOR SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WHILE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS WHERE WIND FIELDS WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE. MAIN TIME PERIOD OF EXPECTED SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL IS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THIS IS A DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND ARKANSAS RESIDENTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND TAKE THE RAIN AND STORMS TO THE WEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY AFFECT ARKANSAS AROUND MID WEEK WITH RENEWED CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. $$ 59
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References
- ^ National Weather Service. "National Weather Service Glossary". NOAA. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ National Weather Service Elko, Nevada (2011-04-21). "Northeast and South Central Nevada Hazardous Weather Outlook". Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- ^ http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LZK&issuedby=LZK&product=HWO