Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
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1155 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

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

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.

DISCUSSION…
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY
THIS MORNING…HAVE BROUGHT RELATIVELY COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO
MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.  HEATING THIS AFTERNOON
WILL HELP DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE BUT NOT TO LEVELS SEEN
ON THURSDAY.  A WEAK DISTURBANCE SPINNING ACROSS SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA MAY AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.  THE STRONGER STORMS TODAY MAY PRODUCE HAIL
NEAR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY JUNE 16.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…30 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY… MAINLY
ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. AFTER A PERIOD WITH MINIMAL THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES… THERE WILL AGAIN BE A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

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