Hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1126 AM CST THU FEB 7 2013

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1126 AM CST THU FEB 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS…
MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO LAWTON TO SEMINOLE LINE.

NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES EAST OF I-35. WITH WEAK
INSTABILITY IN PLACE…A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY.

CHANCES OF SHOWERS MAY LINGER ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING BEFORE DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MOVES INTO
THE AREA.

SEVERE STORMS REMAIN UNLIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE LACK OF
SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST FRIDAY FEB 8.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…60 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. IF SEVERE STORMS OCCUR SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY…LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE
TO INCREASING WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITY.

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