Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 503 AM CDT THU MAY 24 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…TODAY AND TONIGHT… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT…NORTH OF A GAGE TO ENID TO PONCA CITY LINE.

DISCUSSION… THERE IS A LOW CHANCE THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WHERE CAPPING WILL BE WEAKEST NEAR A WARM FRONT TONIGHT. IF THEY DEVELOP…THERE WOULD BE AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THEY COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN HAZARD.

CAPPING MAY BE TOO STRONG TO ALLOW FOR ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT AT ALL. PROBABILITY TABLE… VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MAY 25. PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…20 PERCENT. PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…20 PERCENT. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… NONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

THERE ARE LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY…ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

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