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…
ALTHOUGH AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED… A
SMALL NUMBER OF STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT… MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY
EARLY THIS EVENING AND REACH THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BY LATE
TONIGHT. THE INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ARE EXPECTED TO BE
ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAINLY ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS… WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY
OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS… COULD PRODUCE
BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY SEP 16.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…70 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…30 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY WITH A FEW
STORMS LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

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