Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
FRI OCT 5 2012

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FRI OCT 5 2012

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

.DAY ONE…TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT REMAINS POSITIONED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING…ALONG THE OKLAHOMA TEXAS BORDER
INTO ARKANSAS. THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT…AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
DROPPING OUT OF KANSAS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT FROM WESTERN NORTH TEXAS ACROSS
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. 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…10 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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