Hazardous weather outlook for much of eastern Oklahoma
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE…THROUGH TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK…LIMITED.
AREA…SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET…AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK…LIMITED.
AREA…NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET…AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
RISK…LIMITED…SPREADINDEX=33.
AREA…NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET…AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS OKLAHOMA THIS
EVENING…AND ENTERING NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AROUND MIDNIGHT.
WHILE THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ARE STRONG…LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL LIKELY LIMIT DEVELOPMENT TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE FRONT
AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS THIS AREA WILL SEE SOME IMPROVED SURFACE
MOISTURE TRANSPORT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. BEHIND THE FRONT…GUSTY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED LIMITED
RAINFALL WILL PROMOTE A LIMITED FIRE DANGER LATE TONIGHT.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT…
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY…HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION…
AFTER A BREEZY DAY FOR AT LEAST PART OF TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE
DEPARTING SYSTEM… A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE
AREA BEYOND TUESDAY…AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
Hazardous weather outlook
National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office
DAY ONE…TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY.
DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA… AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. HOWEVER… THE
INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY WEAK AND INSUFFICIENT FOR MORE
THAN A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST TUESDAY NOV 24.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…10 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…0 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO IMPACT THE HANDLING OF
HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES.
AREAS OF FOG… SOME DENSE… WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY.
Player of the week: Moore Zone
Moore zone Player of the Week:
Once again, with basketball yet to start and football season over at Westmoore and Moore, the only choices were from Southmoore. Nonetheless, swimming, wrestling and basketball will get things rolling soon and provide more options.
Player of the Week
Derek Serowski, Southmoore
The senior wideout scored a career-high three touchdowns to help lead the SaberCats into the Class 6A semifinals. Serowski’s TD grabs went for 64, 59 and one yards. All told, he had four receptions for 127 yards.
Others:
Ethan Baker, Southmoore
The senior had two interceptions and led a Southmoore defensive secondary that held one of Class 6A’s best receiving duos in check and limited the Bruins to just 14 points before reserves played the fourth quarter.
Andrew Long, Southmoore
The sophomore running back rambled for 194 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries in Southmoore’s 49-28 romp past Bartlesville in the Class 6A quarterfinals.
Austin Haywood, Southmoore
Returned to action after missing the playoff opener with a strained shoulder and ran for a touchdown, threw a touchdown pass and played stellar defense.
Kendal Thompson, Southmoore
Thompson ran for 98 yards while completing 8 of 10 passes for 189 yards.
Austin Brooks, Southmoore
Was a ringleader among several defensive standouts. Helped shut down the Bartlesville running game. He also had an interception.
Mason Myers, Southmoore
The offensive lineman led the front five, allowing Thompson all kinds of time to throw and opening holes for the team to gain 440 yards on the ground.
Kimes Gilbert and Ryland Widener, Southmoore
Gilbert made a terrific interception at the line of scrimmage to halt Bartlesville’s first drive, which had reached the Southmoore 30-yard line. Widener plugged holes as Southmoore held Bartlesville to 57 yards rushing on 19 carries.
BOTR: Player of the Week
The ranks of the BOTR got a little thinner this week with Tuttle, Blanchard and Shawnee’s defeat but there are a few teams still hanging on. Here’s a look at this week’s POW.
Bryan Dutton, QB, Guthrie: Dutton helped Guthrie to a berth in the semi-finals with one of his best performances of the year in a 25-24 upset of No. 4 ranked East Central last week. Dutton threw for 202 yards and two touchdown passes, including one that went for 55 yards and gave Guthrie the lead late in the fourth quarter.
Others in the mix: Kentrell Brothers, Guthrie 30 yd. TD catch, 25 yd. interception return; Colin Willis, RB, Cashion, 3 TD.
BOTR: Player of the Week
The ranks of the BOTR got a little thinner this week with Tuttle, Blanchard and Shawnee’s defeat but there are a few teams still hanging on. Here’s a look at this week’s POW.
Bryan Dutton, QB, Guthrie: Dutton helped Guthrie to a berth in the semi-finals with one of his best performances of the year in a 25-24 upset of No. 4 ranked East Central last week. Dutton threw for 202 yards and two touchdown passes, including one that went for 55 yards and gave Guthrie the lead late in the fourth quarter.
Others in the mix: Kentrell Brothers, Guthrie 30 yd. TD catch, 25 yd. interception return; Colin Willis, RB, Cashion, 3 TD.
Gary Vee: Futureworld Media Magnate, Carpetbagger or both?
Gary Vaynerchuk is many things to many different people. To most who’ve heard of him, he’s a guy who talks about wine. He talks in simple terms and appeals to those who loathe the stodgy and embrace rapscallions.
Then there are those who seek Internet opportunities: At least a second income, at most Virtual Celebrity.
Members of both sides collided at Will Rogers Theater on Friday night for an event organized by folks from around the local twitterscape.
Both sides got what they came for, though not always simultaneously.
Those who came to learn how to become an Internetrepreneur like Gary became irritated with those who came to try out wine, and vice versa.
But why wouldn’t there be conflict as this social experiment brought together two groups not used to mixing: introverts and extroverts.
The event drew people most comfortable behind the virtual cloak of their computer or smart phone and others who came in full nightclub or social event regalia. Think Alpha Betas and Tri-Lams living, more or less, in harmony. Plus there were a couple flappers, which is always cool.
Ironically, that suited Gary Vee just fine. He’s an equal-opportunist kinda guy.Whether it’s tri-lams or Alpha Betas in his presence, he doesn’t care as long as they’re picking up the tab and buying his book.
Thanks to the extremely hard work of local jeweler Daniel Gordon and a fleet of Gary Vee loyalists, Gary flew in to town, stayed at the Colcord, had a brilliant Table One lunch from chefs Ryan Parrott and Bruce Rinehart of Rococo, ran around town in a limo, was the guest of honor at the lush new digs within the Will Rogers theater for the low, low price of $0.00 while selling a minimum of 500 books.
It was the perfect lesson to go along with his new book, though Larry David might call it a pamphlet, “Crush It!”
Perhaps in keeping the 140-count limitations of Twitter, Gary Vee’s book will never be used as a doorstop. In it, he talks for a couple chapters about his humble beginnings before going into the details of his entrepreneurial successes and goals, which will culminate when he owns the New York Jets.
From there, the book is a how-to guide in exploiting all the Internet has to offer for free to build yourself from a human to a brand, which — according to Gary — is a revolution in progress that will help “Nike put ESPN out of business!” and etc.
Gary has a savant-like quality both in his accomplishments and his manner. He talks candidly, confidently and occasionally profanely about how the mainstream business community has long overlooked social progress when planning their futures.
His message on Friday was meant to empower local bloggers to go forth and take the power that’s available via the Internet from the media gate-keepers known as radio, television and print.
He said “Social media, will some day be known simply as media.”
And he’s banking on that with his company, which he runs with his brother A.J., Vaynermedia. By the looks of the Web site, it appears they would have any business follow Gary’s lead. Rather than Phil Knight spending billions on high-end commercials, he should start his own video blog, put it on youtube. Think about the money he would save. It all makes sense when you listen to Gary present it. He’s funny, engaging and believes totally in what he’s saying. One of my favorite moments was when he extoled the crowd to ignore “anyone who calls themselves a social media expert who has never run a business. Don’t trust somebody who says they know how to make money for you, when they’ve never earned a nickel on there own.” Amen, and amen.
Some members of the so-called mainstream media in attendance were put off by Gary Vee’s pointed talk about current gate-keepers losing their keys. But he wasn’t saying anything about the state of print, radio and broadcast media that I haven’t been saying for at least half a decade to tens of people that will listen to me. That said, Gary’s a wine guy with an eye toward media and the NFL. He has yet to hire a reporter, photographer, editor, or copy messenger.
After his speech, I spoke to him briefly about the expense of information gathering, which he admitted was steep. But, he said, we don’t need someone to gather the information if people will simply make their own information available online.
I mentioned the challenge wimgo.com has getting people to use its free resources, and he said, that while people aren’t doing it now they will eventually.
When I mentioned that between now and then, someone has to pay the bills to run a site, he admitted “That’s true.”
Before we could continue, he was called to tape a live segment for his wine library TV.
While his talk might’ve been a little overlong for the event in progress, especially with the equally long Q and A session, he drew hoots and hollers from his devotees. Others trying to taste wine and get information about them grumbled about the guy on stage “who wouldn’t shut up.”
Gary was more civil than some in their distaste for the wine-tasting crowd, saying the sight of people conversing and interacting was part of his message. The overriding message, though, was and is: “don’t be afraid to be yourself.” A wiseman in a wheelchair once said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
For Daniel and Lori Ford and Ryan Parrott, the initial goal was to gain notice for Oklahoma City both on line and off. By having Gary Vee tweet that he enjoyed his trip here, that made the experiment a #success.
Meanwhile, Gary Vee flew into to town, was treated like royalty, and sold 500 books without having to spend a penny to promote it. That’s an #anti-fail in anybody’s book, kindle or blog. Whether he’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt or P.T. Barnum, only time will tell.
Did you attend OK Crush it? Let me know what you thought.
Cashion: Ready for battle of 12-0 clubs…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Cashion (12-0) vs. Stroud (12-0)
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Stroud HS
While some of the more prominent eight-man teams that moved up two years ago have kinda fallen back, Cashion remains strong.
I mean real strong. Lynn Shackelford’s club is 12-0 and is riding a sea of positive momentum heading into Friday’s quarterfinal at Stroud.
I’ve been a huge backer of A-2 all season. I’ve harped about how good Cashion, OCS and Watonga are this year.
Well, two of the three still remain, but it’s because of the way all three played against each other that made me realize how good this team could be.
What I love about a situation like this is how a town comes together through a team’s success. Shackelford has noticed it, too.
Quote:
It’s been an outstanding atmosphere. The town has really rallied around the kids. Sports in a lot of ways can be the heartbeat of a town and bring people together.” – Shackelford
Stopping a fake punt against Velma-Alma late in the first half proved to be crucial to the Wildcats’ success.
It was only 14-13 at that point. Cashion drove in and scored to make it 21-3 at half. And then Cashion took the first possession of the second half to make it 28-13, and that was all she wrote.
Quarterback Jeremy Seaton has been the key to the team’s offensive success. Later in the week I’ll take a look at what Cashion is going to need to do to move to 13-0.
Cashion: Ready for battle of 12-0 clubs…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Cashion (12-0) vs. Stroud (12-0)
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Stroud HS
While some of the more prominent eight-man teams that moved up two years ago have kinda fallen back, Cashion remains strong.
I mean real strong. Lynn Shackelford’s club is 12-0 and is riding a sea of positive momentum heading into Friday’s quarterfinal at Stroud.
I’ve been a huge backer of A-2 all season. I’ve harped about how good Cashion, OCS and Watonga are this year.
Well, two of the three still remain, but it’s because of the way all three played against each other that made me realize how good this team could be.
What I love about a situation like this is how a town comes together through a team’s success. Shackelford has noticed it, too.
Quote:
It’s been an outstanding atmosphere. The town has really rallied around the kids. Sports in a lot of ways can be the heartbeat of a town and bring people together.” – Shackelford
Stopping a fake punt against Velma-Alma late in the first half proved to be crucial to the Wildcats’ success.
It was only 14-13 at that point. Cashion drove in and scored to make it 21-3 at half. And then Cashion took the first possession of the second half to make it 28-13, and that was all she wrote.
Quarterback Jeremy Seaton has been the key to the team’s offensive success. Later in the week I’ll take a look at what Cashion is going to need to do to move to 13-0.
El Reno: Bend but don’t break D
El Reno: Bend but don’t break
El Reno has made a living with defense this season and that was the case in its win over McAlester as the Indians used a goal line stand to hold off McAlester 21-14 Friday night. While it was a nice way to end the game, it’s not exactly surprising.
”They marched down the field on that drive and got into the red zone,” El Reno defensive back Cory Dauphin said. “That’s how we’ve played all year. Bend but don’t break. We buckle down in the red zone. We have a lot of confidence playing with our backs against the wall.”
Coming up huge was senior Matt Pruitt. He had 22 tackles (17 of them unassisted) and also had an interception and scored the game-winning touchdown.
El Reno (12-0) plays Carl Albert (10-2) in a Class 5A semifinal Friday night at Putnam City Stadium.
El Reno: Bend but don’t break D
El Reno: Bend but don’t break
El Reno has made a living with defense this season and that was the case in its win over McAlester as the Indians used a goal line stand to hold off McAlester 21-14 Friday night. While it was a nice way to end the game, it’s not exactly surprising.
”They marched down the field on that drive and got into the red zone,” El Reno defensive back Cory Dauphin said. “That’s how we’ve played all year. Bend but don’t break. We buckle down in the red zone. We have a lot of confidence playing with our backs against the wall.”
Coming up huge was senior Matt Pruitt. He had 22 tackles (17 of them unassisted) and also had an interception and scored the game-winning touchdown.
El Reno (12-0) plays Carl Albert (10-2) in a Class 5A semifinal Friday night at Putnam City Stadium.
