Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT WINDS QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO
THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST BY 1 AM OVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE COLD FRONT… FROM NEAR HOLDENVILLE TO
SULPHUR TO THE RED RIVER SOUTH OF WAURIKA AT 11 PM… WILL REACH
COALGATE AND MADILL BY 1 AM. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE
BEHIND THE FRONT TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH… WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN
30 AND 35 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY FROM THE MID AND
UPPER 70S INTO THE 60S BEHIND THE FRONT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT AREAS NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF
HOLDENVILLE AND COALGATE BY 1 AM. RADAR AT 11 PM INDICATED A SOLID
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHEASTERN
CORNER OF OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST WEST OF LAKE EUFAULA. THE
STORMS WERE BUILDING SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE FRONT… AND MAY BUILD
INTO HUGHES AND COAL COUNTIES BEFORE THE FRONT PASSES. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE BY 1 AM OVER MOST OF
NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA… BUT IN THE MEANTIME WILL
REMAIN STRONG WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH… ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS ALSO
WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1 AM OVER MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA… BUT AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THESE
AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE 40S AND LOWER 50S BY 1 AM.
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