Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

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500 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY…HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD OVER A GOOD
PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION
IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID LEVEL LOW LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING AS THE LOW CONTINUES SLOWLY
EASTWARD. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST AS THE LOW
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA…ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF I-35 INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY APR 28.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.  

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
STRENGTHENS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
WARM TEMPERATURES…LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS TO ELEVATE WILDFIRE
POTENTIAL…ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA.  AS A RESULT A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

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