Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1216 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012

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1216 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME
EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA LATE
TODAY…PERHAPS ALLOWING FOR WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO TO DEVELOP MAINLY EAST OF I35. BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MANAGE TO DEVELOP…BUT IMPACTS WILL
REMAIN MINOR AS NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY OCT 6.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…20 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS BY MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES
ONSHORE NEAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER IS FORECAST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS A
COLD AND DRY AIRMASS SETTLES OVER OKLAHOMA. CONDITIONS WILL
BECOME FAVORABLE FOR RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT.
SOME LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY
MORNING. FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY NORTH OF I40 SUNDAY
MORNING. TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS THIS WEEKEND.

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