Hazardous weather outlook from National Weather Service

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1155 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081000-

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN… CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS…ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION… SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA WHERE ABUNDANT MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PROBABILITY TABLE… VALID UNTIL 700 AM CDT SUNDAY JUL 8.

PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…90 PERCENT. PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…20 PERCENT. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… MANY AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT THIS AFTERNOON.PLEASE FOLLOW HEAT SAFETY RULES TO PREVENT HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND INJURY. MAKE SURE PETS AND LIVESTOCK HAVE PLENTY OF WATER. .

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY… THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SUNDAY BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS UNLIKELY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN AS RAIN WILL LIKELY BE SLOW MOVING. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM SUNDAY.

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