Hazardous weather outlook, from 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…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. ISOLATED HIGH BASED STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER… SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON…WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING
NEAR THE FRONT. WEAK INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY PRECLUDE ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER… SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH… SMALL HAIL… AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA MAY PRODUCE A FEW
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY MAY 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…15 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME… WITH THE MAIN HAZARD
BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

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