Short-term forecast from National Weather Service

SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 656 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091400-

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- 656 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2012 .

NOW… MUCH OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM OVERNIGHT HAS WEAKENED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS OF 650 AM…A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES…WITH LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY SPILLING INTO HARPER AND ELLIS COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE…STORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA…MAINLY IN BRYAN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHOWERS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

ADDITIONALLY…A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING…STRETCHING FROM JUST NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS…TO NORMAN AND OKLAHOMA CITY…TO STILLWATER. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH PEAK HEATING. STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE NON SEVERE…BUT SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. SLOW STORM MOTIONS MAY ALSO LEAD TO AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.

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