Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

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546 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EARLY THIS MORNING.

DISCUSSION…
EARLY THIS MORNING A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…WHERE THE LOW LEVEL JET WAS PROVIDING LIFT
AND TRANSPORT OF UNSTABLE AIR NEAR THE EASTERN EDGE OF A CAPPING
INVERSION. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN…SMALL HAIL…AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST
STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE…PRODUCING HAIL OVER ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DISSIPATE
AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS AFTER SUNRISE.

IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEMS…THE REST OF THE
DAY IS FORECAST TO REMAIN DRY.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY APR 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…70 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…25 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
THIS MORNING AREAS OF FOG WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL…SOUTHERN…AND
WESTERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. FOG WILL BECOME LOCALLY DENSE
AT TIMES…LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT…GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 35…INCLUDING WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THE NEXT ORGANIZED WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE
A BROAD LINE OF STORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN…AND POSSIBLY SOME SEVERE
WEATHER. THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS OUR REGION FROM WEST
TO EAST.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

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