Short-term forcecast, from the 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-
724 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THROUGH 8 PM…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA…AROUND ALVA AND CHEROKEE. ALTHOUGH
THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE TO THE EAST…THEY WILL TRY TO
BUILD SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL ALLOW THE STORMS TO POSSIBLY AFFECT AREAS
TOWARD FAIRVIEW AND ENID…AS WELL AS WAKITA AND MEDFORD. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IF THE STORMS
BECOME SEVERE…BUT LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.
THE VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS FAR WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH 8 PM. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
STILL POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE DRYLINE. THESE STRONG
WIND GUSTS MAY EXTEND AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE-40 NEAR SAYRE AND
ELK CITY. BLOWING DUST MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES IN THE AREAS OF STRONG
WIND…SO BE PREPARED IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.
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