Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1142 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2013

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1142 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2013

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAINLY
THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AS AN
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY
THIS EVENING…WITH A THIN LAYER OF ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN ALSO
POSSIBLE. A RUMBLE OR TWO OF THUNDER MAY ALSO BE HEARD.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY JAN 13.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…50 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
FREEZING RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT. MOTORISTS
TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF TIME TO
REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL INITIALLY
BECOME SLICK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON…WITH OTHER ROADWAYS DEVELOPING
SLICK SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES
INCREASE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

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