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Wednesday Forecast, National Weather Service, Norman

 


Forecast map for tonight, National Weather Service, Norman

 


Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

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WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
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TUE JUN 28 2011

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

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ISOLATED STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE NOW MOVED INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORMS HAS PUSHED INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH TEXAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON…MAINLY IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…NEAR THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE STORMS EARLIER TODAY. THERE
COULD BE AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT AND BY TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM
NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. STORMS MAY MOVE OR DEVELOP
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA…ESPECIALLY NEAR AND
NORTH OF THE FRONT…LATER TONIGHT. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE UNLIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS ALOFT… BUT THERE COULD
BE A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY JUN 29.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…60 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…20 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE A BREAK FROM THE RECENT RECORD
HEAT… AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES AGAIN WILL APPROACH 105 OVER WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS AND PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY… LEADING TO
UNSEASONABLY HOT CONDITIONS AREAWIDE AGAIN BY LATE WEEK AND INTO THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. PLAN AHEAD AND WORK DURING THE EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING HOURS TO AVOID HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES ON HOT
AND WINDY DAYS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.


Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman

 

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CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
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LOVE-MAJOR- MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
923 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS… SOME WITH STRONG
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS… WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING.  

RADAR AT 915 AM INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND STILLWATER AND EASTERN SIDES OF THE
OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA…EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH
CHANDLER…SHAWNEE…SEMINOLE…TO AROUND COALGATE AND HOLDENVILLE.
THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS…
WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH… AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.


Some rainfall totals so far today, National Weather Service, Norman

Rainfall totals as of 9:05 a.m., Oklahoma Mesonet

Spencer, .99 inches
Seiling, .97 inches
Oklahoma City – North, .78 inches
Oklahoma City – East, .70 inches
Norman, .68 inches
Watonga, .62 inches
 

Today’s weather, National Weather Service, Norman

 


Short-term forecast map, National Weather Service, Norman

 

Weather Synopsis…Rain will move from central into
 eastern Oklahoma this morning. Additional thunderstorms are
 possible this afternoon in southern Oklahoma. Yet other thunderstorms
 will likely build along the high plains…and may reach
northern Oklahoma later tonight. It will still be
 very warm…with highs generally in the 90s.
The full brunt of the heat will return to most of the
region late this week.

Some rainfall totals this morning, Oklahoma Mesonet

At 8:25 a.m., Oklahoma Mesonet rainfall totals

Seiling, .97 inches

Spencer, .97 inches

Oklahoma City – North, .76 inches

Oklahoma City – East, .69 inches

Norman, .68 inches

Watonga, .62 inches


Significant weather advisory, National Weather Service, Norman

 

OKZ026-281400-
LINCOLN OK-
828 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY…

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LINCOLN COUNTY.

AT 828 AM CDT…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
AVERY…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE…
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH…
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH…


At 8:20 a.m., the temperature in Oklahoma City was 16 degrees cooler than this time yesterday