Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
SAT FEB 9 2013

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SAT FEB 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE…TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION…
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TONIGHT. LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR
SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS TO DEVELOP. MODEST AMOUNTS OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL RESULT IN WEAK INSTABILITY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST
LIKELY AREA FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS IS EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
WAURIKA AND DUNCAN… TO PAULS VALLEY AND HOLDENVILLE OKLAHOMA. IF
SEVERE STORMS DO DEVELOP… HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY FEB 10.
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…
FOG… SOME POSSIBLY DENSE… WILL AFFECT PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A MILE
WILL BE LIKELY IN SOME LOCATIONS. DRIVERS NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN
REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AFTER THE COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A FEW STRONG…POSSIBLY SEVERE…STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
WILDFIRE POTENTIAL WILL BE ELEVATED SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY
ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA. AT THIS TIME…SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS NOT
EXPECTED.

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