Short-term forecast from the National Weather Service, Norman
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
530 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
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-
530 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
.NOW… SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
COME TO AN END OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.
THROUGH 7 PM…THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A
HOLDENVILLE TO MADILL LINE.
OTHER LIGHT SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH FROM THESE SHOWERS.
LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT…BUT SOME AREAS OF
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA COULD SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW LATER
TONIGHT BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END.
Forecast for Oklahoma City, from the National Weather Service, Norman
Oklahoma City forecast, from the National Weather Service, Norman:
Tonight A slight chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 14 to 22 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Wednesday Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 47. North northwest wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
- Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
- Thursday Sunny, with a high near 58. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.
- Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Northeast wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
- Friday Sunny, with a high near 51.
- Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.
- Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
- Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
- Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.
- Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
- Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.
- Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.
- Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 61
Remember when…24-hour temperature change, Oklahoma Mesonet
Light snow in the forecast for the Oklahoma Panhandle, according to the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
309 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…BEAVER…
FORGAN…DALHART…STRATFORD…SPEARMAN…GRUVER…PERRYTON…
BOOKER…HIGGINS…FOLLETT…HARTLEY…CHANNING…DUMAS…
BORGER…MIAMI…CANADIAN…VEGA…AMARILLO…PANHANDLE…
WHITE DEER…PAMPA…SHAMROCK…WHEELER…HEREFORD…CANYON…
CLAUDE…CLARENDON…WELLINGTON
309 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
…SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING…
SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT WITH ANY SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS UNDER ONE INCH. HOWEVER…A FEW HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. THE SNOW
WILL LIKELY MELT AS IT FALLS ON ROADS INITIALLY. BUT…AS THE EVENING
WEARS ON SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADS MAKING THEM SLIPPERY. THE
SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO AROUND ZERO IN
THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WITH SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS
ELSEWHERE.
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY VISITING OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA
…FOLLOWING YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO ON FACEBOOK
AND TWITTER…LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO… OR THROUGH YOUR PREFERRED
MEDIA OUTLET.
Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
221 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
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-
221 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 5 PM CST
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
LOCATION…
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA EXTENDS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
MARIETTA TO HOLDENVILLE…INCLUDING DURANT…ATOKA…COALGATE…
MADILL…AND TISHOMINGO.
TIMING…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING AND WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AROUND
5 PM THIS EVENING.
IMPACTS…
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF HALF DOLLARS…AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. HAIL MAY CAUSE
MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND TENDER VEGETATION…AND WIND GUSTS MAY
RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS…
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH 5 PM CST.
DISCUSSION…
A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SURGE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS AND
THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS RICH MOIST AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA…THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND POTENTIALLY
INTENSIFY THROUGH 5 PM CST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL EVENTUALLY EXIT
THE AREA TO THE EAST BY 5 PM CST.
AS COLD AIR FILLS INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT…WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP…THOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 PM CST WEDNESDAY JAN 30.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…30 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 6 PM CST WHERE A WIND ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. AS THIS
COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION…A STRONG UPPER STORM SYSTEM MAY
GENERATE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THIS AREA…LEADING
TO LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE UP TO
AN INCH OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY…LEADING TO SLICK BRIDGES AND
ROADWAYS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS THIS AREA LATE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND.
ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OKLAHOMA ON MONDAY…BRINGING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.
Tornado watch continues for Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman
TORNADO WATCH 7 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ATOKA BRYAN COAL
HUGHES JOHNSTON MARSHALL
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ATOKA…COALGATE…DURANT…
HOLDENVILLE…MADILL AND TISHOMINGO.
Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1230 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
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-
1230 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
LOCATION…
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA EXTENDS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
WAURIKA…TO PURCELL…TO SHAWNEE AND PRAGUE.
TIMING…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING AND WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AROUND 6
PM THIS EVENING.
IMPACTS…
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF HALF DOLLARS…AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. HAIL MAY CAUSE
DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND TENDER VEGETATION…AND WIND GUSTS MAY RESULT
IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS…
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.
DISCUSSION…
A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SURGE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS AND
THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS RICH MOIST AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA…THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND POTENTIALLY
INTENSIFY HEADING INTO MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL EVENTUALLY EXIT THE AREA TO THE EAST BY
LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST
ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BEHIND THE
FRONT…WITHIN AND WARM…DRY…AND BREEZY AIRMASS. AS COLD AIR
FILLS INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT…WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP…THOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 PM CST WEDNESDAY JAN 30.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…60 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
HIGH WINDS…LOW HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO
CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM FOR THIS AREA.BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN
THIS AREA…AS ANY WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. AS THIS
COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION…A STRONG UPPER STORM SYSTEM MAY
GENERATE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THIS AREA…LEADING
TO LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE UP TO
AN INCH OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY…LEADING TO SLICK BRIDGES AND
ROADWAYS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS THIS AREA LATE
TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND.
ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OKLAHOMA MONDAY…BRINGING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.
Rainfall at Oklahoma Mesonet stations today
Temperatures at Oklahoma Mesonet sites
Severe thunderstorm warning for Lincoln, Oklahoma, Cleveland, Logan counties
LINCOLN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-CLEVELAND OK-LOGAN OK-
939 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST
FOR WESTERN LINCOLN…OKLAHOMA…EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES…
AT 936 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPENCER…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MOORE…OKLAHOMA CITY…JONES…AND LUTHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO WARNING. GET TO
A STORM SHELTER OR STURDY BUILDING IF A TORNADO APPROACHES.
MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
