Significant weather alert
Short-term forecast
National Weather Service, Norman:
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
AT 900 AM… THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR
SEMINOLE… TO ADA… TO MARIETTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 40 MPH… RESULTING IN A SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE
LINE. HEAVY RAIN… FREQUENT LIGHTNING… AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY.
THE STORMS WERE MAINLY ALONG A COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WERE MOSTLY IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S… WHILE BEHIND THE
FRONT… READINGS DROPPED QUICKLY INTO THE 50S.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS EXTENDED WEST FROM THE FRONT INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE SHOWERS WERE MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM ENID… TO EL RENO… LAWTON… TO WICHITA FALLS TEXAS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THIS SAME
REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING… AND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON.
Significant weather advisory
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
908 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
OKZ031-032-041-042-047-291430-
SEMINOLE OK-HUGHES OK-MURRAY OK-JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-
908 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY…
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HUGHES…JOHNSTON…
MURRAY…PONTOTOC AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES.
AT 907 AM CDT…A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF CROMWELL TO WEWOKA TO ADA AND SULPHUR. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE…
WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH…
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE…
Winter weather advisory – includes Oklahoma panhandle
…A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW
WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TO INCLUDE THE CITIES OF BOISE
CITY, Oklahoma…DALHART, Texas…STRATFORD, Texas…DUMAS, Texas AND BOYS RANCH in Texas panhandle.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Northeast Oklahoma
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 846 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF AVANT TO WESTPORT…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE…WYNONA…
TULSA…SPERRY…BARNSDALL…OWASSO…SKIATOOK…AVANT…
COLLINSVILLE…OKESA…OCHELATA…VERA…RAMONA…BIGHEART…
BARTLESVILLE…DEWEY…HULAH…COPAN AND WANN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Significant Weather Advisory
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
835 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
OKZ031-032-041-042-047-291400-
SEMINOLE OK-HUGHES OK-MURRAY OK-JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-
835 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY…
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HUGHES…JOHNSTON…
MURRAY…PONTOTOC AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES.
AT 834 AM CDT…A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
NEAR STROUD TO SEMINOLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF ADA AND SULPHUR.
THE STORM WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE…
WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH…
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE…
1-hour rainfall Oklahoma Mesonet
The Oklahoma Mesonet station at Chandler had a 1-hour rainfall total of 1.2 inches at 8:25 a.m.
12-hour Mesonet Rainfall
The Oklahoma Mesonet Station at Retrop along the Beckham-Washita County line in western Oklahoma has a 12-hour rainfall total of 2.35 inches.
Three-hour Mesonet Rainfall
Three-hour Oklahoma Mesonet rainfalls include 1.7 inches at a Mesonet station in west Oklahoma City and more than 1.5 inches at Guthrie.
Oklahoma Panhandle: Winter Weather Possible
National Weather Service: Amarillo, Texas:
…WINTER WEATHER IMPACT STATEMENT…
VALID…
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING
WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED…
A RAIN SNOW MIX…ALTHOUGH THE LIGHT RAIN MAY CHANGE OVER TO ALL
SNOW.
AFFECTED AREA…
THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
FORECAST TIMING OF THE EVENT…
RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING BUT LIGHT SNOW
WAS ALREADY BEING REPORTED IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. COLDER AIR WILL
MOVE INTO PANHANDLES BY THE AFTERNOON…CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO FALL
TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING IN THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
TEXAS PANHANDLES. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN BY 9 AM AS ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN
AND SNOW IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO LIFTS INTO THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 32 DEGREES
WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME OF RAIN TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY THE
EVENING. SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING…BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS…
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD RANGE FROM AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE
NORTHWEST PANHANDLES…WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN
THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES
IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE…MORE RAIN CAN MIX WITH THE SNOW
WHICH WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND AN INCH. THIS SNOW MAY CREATE
SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS BUT WITH WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES…THIS
SNOW SHOULD MELT QUICKLY.
DISCUSSION…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 7 PM THIS
EVENING. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE FOUR
CORNERS AREA TODAY AND THEN TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING…RESULTING
IN ANY RAIN SNOW MIX TO END.
