Good morning on this Thursday: short-term forecast
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH 10
AM OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA… BUT LOCAL FLOODING COULD
CONTINUE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA DUE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS
ALREADY FALLEN.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MAINLY PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS ROTATING AROUND
A SURFACE AND MID-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED JUST EAST OF
SHAWNEE. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GENERALLY MOVE EAST THIS
MORNING. AS THIS HAPPENS… RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER MOST OF OKLAHOMA.
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL ALSO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING.
Significant weather advisory – Comanche, Grady Counties
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY…
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COMANCHE AND GRADY COUNTIES.
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF STERLING AT 1228 AM
CDT…MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE IN COMANCHE AND GRADY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Beaver Co. in Panhandle
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR BEAVER COUNTY in OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.
AT 1219 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BEAVER…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Severe thunderstorm warning until 1 am
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1222 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009
JACKSON OK-COTTON OK-KIOWA OK-TILLMAN OK-COMANCHE OK-WILBARGER TX-
FOARD TX-WICHITA TX-KNOX TX-BAYLOR TX-
1222 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BAYLOR…NORTHEASTERN KNOX…NORTHWESTERN WICHITA…
SOUTHEASTERN FOARD…WILBARGER…WESTERN COMANCHE…TILLMAN…
SOUTHERN KIOWA…WESTERN COTTON AND EASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES…
AT 1220 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOM STEED RESERVOIR TO 3 MILES WEST OF HOLLISTER TO 14 MILES WEST OF
LAKE KEMP…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH…
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES…
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE…CHATTANOOGA…DAVIDSON…
DEVOL…ELECTRA…EXTREME NORTHERN LAKE KEMP…FARGO…FAXON…FORT
SILL…FREDERICK…FRIENDSHIP…GRANDFIELD…GRAYBACK…HARROLD…
HAYNESVILLE…HEADRICK…HESS…HOLLISTER…HUMPHREYS…
INDIAHOMA…LAKE LAWTONKA…LAWTON…LOCKETT…LOVELAND…
MANITOU…MEDICINE PARK…MEERS…MOUNTAIN PARK…OKLAUNION…
RAYLAND…SNYDER…THALIA…TIPTON…TOM STEED RESERVOIR…
VERNON…WARREN AND WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE.
Significant weather advisory : Comanche, Grady, Stephens
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COMANCHE…GRADY AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES.
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STERLING AT 1214 AM CDT…
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE IN COMANCHE…GRADY AND STEPHENS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Tipton – estimated 60 mph winds
Altus Mesonet – T-storm wind gust of 65 mph
Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman Counties
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1201 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
WESTERN COTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1157 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF
BLAIR TO TIPTON TO FARGO TO NEAR VERNON AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GILLILAND. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WITHIN THIS LINE WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM FRIENDSHIP TO TIPTON
TO FREDRICK.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS…
DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH…
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE…CHATTANOOGA…DAVIDSON…
DEVOL…ELECTRA…EXTREME NORTHERN LAKE KEMP…FARGO…FAXON…FORT
SILL…FREDERICK…FRIENDSHIP…GRANDFIELD…GRAYBACK…HARROLD…
HAYNESVILLE…HEADRICK…HESS…HOLLISTER…HUMPHREYS…
INDIAHOMA…LAKE LAWTONKA…LAWTON…LOCKETT…LOVELAND…
MANITOU…MEDICINE PARK…MEERS…MOUNTAIN PARK…OKLAUNION…
RAYLAND…SNYDER…THALIA…TIPTON…TOM STEED RESERVOIR…
VERNON…WARREN AND WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND
51.
