Forecast for this afternoon, National Weather Service, Norman
Reports from Tuesday night thunderstorms in the Oklahoma Panhandle, National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas
REPORTS FROM OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE Tuesday night thunderstorms:
Sources: Oklahoma Mesonet, emergency management and trained spotter
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
736 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011
9:45 PM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST 1 mile west of HOOKER 58 MPH TEXAS COUNTY
10:19 PM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST 6 miles north, northwest of TURPIN 60 MPH BEAVER COUNTY
10:55 PM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST 1 mile south, southwest of BEAVER 60 MPH BEAVER COUNTY
10:58 PM THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE 7 miles west of ELMWOOD BEAVER COUNTY
11 to 12 POWER POLES DOWN FOR AT LEAST 8 MILES ALONG HIGHWAY 412.
POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF ABOUT 6 TO 8 FEET UP.
11:10 PM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST 8 miles west of Slapout 61 MPH BEAVER COUNTY
Some rainfall totals since midnight, Oklahoma Mesonet
Since midnight, Oklahoma Mesonet:
Seiling, 1.37 inches
Chickasha, 1.33 inches
Putnam, 1.27 inches
Camargo, 1.25 inches
Cherokee, 1.10 inches
Alva, 1.08 inches
Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHWEST… CENTRAL… AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH 9 AM. A SMALL AREA OF ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA WHILE AN AREA OF MOSTLY SHOWERS EXTENDED NEAR AND
ALONG INTERSTATE 40. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST AND HAS SLOWLY BEEN DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL
COVERAGE. A THIRD AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.
ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND
NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 9 AM. GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
A GENERAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE RAIN IS LIKELY
THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING.
Forecast this morning, map, National Weather Service, Norman
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.
Forecast for tonight, map, National Weather Service, Norman
Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman
ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN- CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD- GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN- LOVE-MAJOR- MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC- POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA- WILBARGER-
953 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 .
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THROUGH 1030 PM…THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO LOSE STRENGTH AND DECREASE IN COVERAGE…BUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE SEEN AROUND JUST WEST OF DAVIS…DOWN TOWARD TURNER FALLS AND SPRINGER. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE MAY APPROACH FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED…BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
Average temperature in June information, from Gary McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Source: Gary McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
The average temperature at Altus and Grandfield during June has been 89.7 degrees thus far. A couple of Ticker readers have been prompting me about how close that is to a record. Well, it’s getting pretty darned close to being a record for ANY month, at least for the Oklahoma Mesonet. Here are the top-5 Mesonet average station temperatures by month.
Grandfield July 2001 90.3 degrees
Burneyville July 1998 90.0 degrees
Altus June 2011 89.7 degrees (June 1-27)
Grandfield June 2011 89.7 degrees (June 1-27)
Cherokee July 2001 89.6 degrees
The first June that shows up on the list before 2011 is Altus with 84.5 degrees back in 1998 … in 157th place. July and August dominate the first few hundred.
