Short-term forecast from National Weather Service

SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 345 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-082230-

HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 345 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012 .

NOW… AROUND 345 PM…WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM SHAWNEE TO SOUTH OF NORMAN TO ERICK. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL…WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

THROUGH 5 PM…THE BEST CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG A LINE FROM WEWOKA TO ADA TO WYNNEWOOD AND DUNCAN.

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