Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 430 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-231100-

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

DAY ONE…THROUGH TONIGHT… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION… THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON MAY MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA TOWARD AND AFTER SUNSET. IF STORMS DO MAKE IT…THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AS INSTABILITY WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. PROBABILITY TABLE… VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MAY 23. PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…25 PERCENT.

PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…10 PERCENT. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… NONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE REGION.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND WILL BE SEEN OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

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