Short-term forecast
EARLY THIS MORNING…SEVERAL WEATHER FEATURES ARE PRESENT ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO…
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES… AND
ONWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. A MILD AND HUMID AIRMASS IS PRESENT
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. MEANWHILE… THE CENTER OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST TEXAS TOWARD ARKANSAS AND FAR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA IN AN AREA OF
ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THESE STORMS…EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS FROM
ARNETT AND WOODWARD…NORTHEAST TO BUFFALO… WAYNOKA… ALVA AND
CHEROKEE…WILL MOSTLY PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. HOWEVER…
ISOLATED AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR. STEADY LIGHT RAIN HAS
FALLEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN WOODWARD
COUNTY…AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY BE POSSIBLE…
INCLUDING HIGHWAY 412 BETWEEN MOORELAND AND QUINLAN.
FOG IS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING.
THOUGH VISIBILITY MOSTLY PREVAILED AT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE MILES AT
7 AM… VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OCCASIONALLY DOWN TO BETWEEN ONE
QUARTER AND ONE HALF MILE MAY BE SEEN FROM WOODWARD AND
ARNETT…SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH CLINTON…HOBART OKLAHOMA…AND
VERNON TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION OF INTERSTATE 40 ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
FINALLY…AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND VERY LIGHT RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTING THROUGH TEXAS MAY AFFECT AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING.
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