Temperature and humidity levels forecast to rise toward the weekend, 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 ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
A LARGE UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE…LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WESTWARD LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER… THIS DISTURBANCE… ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IN
PLACE… WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED…AN ISOLATED AND
MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE MAIN CONCERN FROM
ANY STORM WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL…WIND GUSTS AROUND 50
MPH…AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY JUL 29.
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…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. THE GREATEST
COVERAGE WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND OVER
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS…ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO RISE TOWARD THE
WEEKEND. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF PEOPLE DEVELOPING HEAT
RELATED ILLNESS. PERSONS WHO WORK OR PLAY OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF
THE DAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HOTTER CONDITIONS.

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