80 percent chance of thunderstorms in some areas of Oklahoma today, 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…
NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA
TODAY.  BY AFTERNOON… MODEST INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE… AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF
OF OKLAHOMA… AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE TERRAIN IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA… ALONG WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT… WILL
LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORMATION OF STORMS.  RELATIVELY WEAK
VERTICAL WIND PROFILES… AND A LACK OF A FOCUSING MECHANISM WILL
PREVENT STORM ORGANIZATION… AND SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  A
FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY JUL 27.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.  THE GREATEST CHANCES WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA…
MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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