Short-term forecast from National Weather Service, Norman, wind speeds expected today 20-25 mph, gusts near 40 mph
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THROUGH NOON…RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLY PRODUCING ISOLATED LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. AT
1030 AM…A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM SEMINOLE…TO PAULS VALLEY…
TO NEAR MARIETTA. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WILL BE ALONG AND
SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE FRONT NORTH OF PAULS VALLEY. LIGHT RAIN WILL BE
LIKELY…AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR AS WELL. THOUGH FORCING IS
WEAK…ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
MEANWHILE…THE WIND HAS BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
THESE WINDS WILL DEVELOP FURTHER EAST WITH TIME…SUCH THAT WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BLOW FROM A SOUTHERLY THROUGH A WESTERLY DIRECTION
ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS BY AROUND NOON. WIND SPEEDS FROM 20
TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED…WITH A FEW GUSTS NEARING 40 MPH.
Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THROUGH 11 AM…RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLY PRODUCING ISOLATED LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA PRIMARILY EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35. AT 930 AM…A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM SHAWNEE…TO
PURCELL…TO NEAR RINGLING. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WILL
EXIST FROM NEAR LAKE THUNDERBIRD IN THE NORMAN AREA NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE SHAWNEE AND CHANDLER AREAS. LIGHT RAIN WILL BE
LIKELY…AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR AS WELL. THOUGH FORCING IS
WEAK…ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
MEANWHILE…THE WIND HAS BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST IN FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS MORNING…THESE WINDS WILL
DEVELOP FURTHER EAST WITH TIME…SUCH THAT NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD
BECOME SOUTHERLY ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS BY AROUND NOON.
Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman
.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL… CENTRAL… AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL… GUSTY WINDS… AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MEANWHILE… A
COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR STILLWATER AND SOUTH OKLAHOMA CITY…
TO CHICKASHA AND WAURIKA… TO NEAR HENRIETTA TEXAS AT 830 AM…
WILL MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL QUICKLY DROP 10
TO 15 DEGREES.
Significant weather advisory, Osage County from National Weather Service, Tulsa
OKZ054-301330-
OSAGE OK-
756 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY…
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN OSAGE
AT 756 AM CDT…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF
SHIDLER…STATIONARY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM INCLUDE…SHIDLER…FORAKER AND GRAINOLA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
Significant weather advisory for Garfield, Kay, Logan, Noble and Payne counties, National Weather Service
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY…
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GARFIELD…KAY…LOGAN…
NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES.
AT 743 AM CDT…A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
FROM EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KAW LAKE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PERRY…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE…
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH…
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH…
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…
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.
Your short-term forecast on this Friday morning, National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING.
AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL… CENTRAL… AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA… AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING SMALL HAIL… GUSTY WINDS… AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MEANWHILE… A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR
STILLWATER AND GUTHRIE… TO YUKON AND LAWTON… TO NEAR WICHITA
FALLS TEXAS AT 730 AM… WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT IN
MOST LOCATIONS WILL QUICKLY DROP 10 TO 15 DEGREES.
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
Showers and thunderstorms on this Friday morning, National Weather Service, Norman
.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING.
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR PONCA CITY AND KINGFISHER… TO
NEAR EL RENO AND LAWTON OKLAHOMA… TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS AND
SEYMOUR TEXAS AT 550 AM… WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR THIS FRONT AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL… CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA… AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL… GUSTY WINDS… AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
So far today
In the Oklahoma Panhandle, the Oklahoma Mesonet at Beaver has reached 92 degrees today. Also in the Panhandle, Kenton had a 56 mph wind gust recorded a little after 1 p.m.
Thunderstorm 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…
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT… HOWEVER THE
LIKELIHOOD OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SMALL.
DISCUSSION…
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING ON THE HEELS OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS.
ALTHOUGH A DIFFUSE DRYLINE WILL PUSH EAST INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA
EARLY THIS EVENING… THE LIKELIHOOD FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
LIMITED BY THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT FORCING ALONG THE DRYLINE AND
ALOFT. THE PRESENCE OF WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALSO LIMIT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT ONCE A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO
OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR
STRONGER STORMS WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
ALTHOUGH THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILES WILL BE QUITE STRONG… THE
PRESENCE OF ONLY MARGINAL INSTABILITIES… PLUS THE LIKELIHOOD FOR
MORE ELEVATED STORMS AT THAT TIME… WILL TEND TO LIMIT THE CHANCE
FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER… AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD STILL
BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY APR 30.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…50 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…10 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING
CONDITIONS.. ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. PLEASE SEE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY BE CONTINUING OVER
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. MEANWHILE… AS THE COLD FRONT ENCOUNTERS AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS DURING THE DAY… A FEW SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY MIDDAY FRIDAY AND
CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK ALTHOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE
WEATHER APPEARS LOW.
