Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL… CENTRAL… AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA… AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. HOWEVER… ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE
FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE IN THE RED RIVER
VALLEY TONIGHT. 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.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY MAY 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…15 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 40
MPH POSSIBLE.

.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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