New hazardous weather outlook

National Weather Service, Norman:

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
A MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH THE FRONT… DISTURBANCE… AND SURFACE HEATING OF THE WEAKLY
CAPPED AIRMASS… ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER… THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT. STORMS MAY
DEVELOP IN THE HIGH PLAINS AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE
STORMS.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUL 31.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…50 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR… 5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION INTO
THE WEEKEND… RESULTING IN AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

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