Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1205 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-241700-

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN… CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION… A DEEP WARM AND DRY LAYER OF AIR WILL PREVENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW HIGHLY ELEVATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING EAST OF INTERSTATE-35…BUT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE VERY LOW.

PROBABILITY TABLE… VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY MAY 24. PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…5 PERCENT. PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…0 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST TEXT VERSION OF THE ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. IN ADDITION…HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WIND TO ELEVATED THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY…ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

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