Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

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220 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

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

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… THERE REMAINS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED STORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION… A VERY STRONG SURFACE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A DRYLINE WILL SURGE INTO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON…WITH A COLD FRONT SURGING
ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TODAY…BUT
SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA BY MID EVENING. AS
COLD AIR MOVES INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BEHIND THE FRONT…SOME SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. NO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED…BUT OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…INCLUDING
STRONG WINDS…ENHANCED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL…AND WINTER WEATHER WILL
IMPACT PARTS OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY DEC 20.
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… VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF TEXAS. BLOWING
DUST HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE…AND WILL LIKELY
MOVE INTO PARTS OF THIS AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY
BE REDUCED AS THIS DUST MOVES INTO THE AREA…AND A BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED…AND ANY FIRES THAT GET OUT OF CONTROL WILL
BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTAIN.

THIS EVENING A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH OKLAHOMA. STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 T0 45 MPH…WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA
THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES…AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON AREA
ROADWAYS VERY DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON
EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ELSEWHERE
AND A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST
TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. ANY HEAVIER SNOWBANDS IN THE MIDST
OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS…MAY CREATE NEAR WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID TRAVEL ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AT THIS TIME…THUNDERSTORM CHANCES APPEAR LOW…BUT RAIN AND SOME
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5
AM THURSDAY…THOUGH FREQUENT UPDATES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT.

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