Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…CORRECTED GRAMMAR FIRST PARAGRAPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
WED FEB 6 2013

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WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
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WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
WED FEB 6 2013

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT…THOUGH A
FEW STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY
OCCUR OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE ARE LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA…MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A
WAURIKA TO PAULS VALLEY TO SEMINOLE LINE.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND BE CONFINED TO AREAS MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A CHEYENNE
TO WEATHERFORD TO WAURIKA LINE.

DISCUSSION…
FOG AND DENSE FOG WILL DISSIPATE BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON TODAY.

A LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND FAR
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE DAY TODAY. THIS DISTURBANCE COMBINED
WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND SOME WEAK INSTABILITY MAY ALLOW FOR
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT…ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT…AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH.
WITH SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND MODERATE SHEAR…A FEW STORMS MAY BE
STRONG WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. SEVERE STORMS REMAIN UNLIKELY.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY FEB 7.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
AREAS OF FOG AND DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING…ESPECIALLY THROUGH 9 AM.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE BELOW 1/4 MILE IN SOME AREAS. BE VERY CAREFUL
IF DRIVING IN FOGGY AREAS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY…MAINLY EAST OF I-35. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE UNLIKELY ON THURSDAY…THOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH
THE REGION.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

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