A COLD FRONT MOVING INTOPORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FORSTRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ANYTHUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP...WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING VERY STRONGTO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL TO AT LEAST THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...ANDFREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. 

ONE HALF TO OVER ONEINCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AREA WIDE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALISEDAREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMMAY LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY...BEFORETHE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA.
ALTHOUGH AT LEAST A FEWTHUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCE FORWIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY FURTHER TO THE NORTH OF OUR AREA. WE ARE THE SOUTHERN, VERY BOTTOM COUNTY IN THE JUST ISSUED ADVISORY BOX.

LOOKING AHEAD FROM LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...THE OVERALL SPRING STORM PATTERN...INCLUDING A LARGE AND SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR WEST...WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER...THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. THIS IS THE COLD FRONT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT EXTENDS FROM WYOMING TO MEXICO.

WE WILL HAVE A BETTER TIME TABLE AFTER THE NWS BRIEFING AT 10 AM THIS MORNING MORNING.Tom JohnsonKTXSANAU6