Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman

 

REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM OVER
MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN… WEST CENTRAL… AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE
MAIN EFFECT WILL BE WELCOME RAINFALL FOR MANY AREAS… BUT SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH… AND FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

RADAR AT 545 AM INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST
SIDES OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA… FROM EL RENO TO YUKON AND
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY… AND SOUTHWARD TO I-44 FROM CHICKASHA TO
NEWCASTLE. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST. OTHER
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA… BETWEEN CLINTON
AND CHEYENNE… WITH MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWARD INTO
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA FROM VICI TO NEAR FREEDOM AND THE ALABASTER
CAVERNS AREA. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20
TO 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WILL MOST LIKELY AFFECT SOUTH SIDES OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY
AREA THROUGH 7 AM… INCLUDING MUCH OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR FROM MOORE
AND NORMAN SOUTH TOWARD PURCELL AND PAULS VALLEY… AND THE I-44
CORRIDOR FROM NEWCASTLE SOUTHWEST TO CHICKASHA.

AREAS OF LIGHT STEADIER RAIN OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA… FROM ENID TO
GUTHRIE AND EDMOND… WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH MID MORNING.

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