Short-term forecast from the National Weather Service, Norman (1:30 a.m.)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
 THU FEB 21 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-
130 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013

.NOW…PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS
CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS A
MIXTURE OF RAIN…FREEZING RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW. AT 130 AM…THE
FREEZING LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR ERICK TO WATONGA TO RED ROCK. SOUTH
OF THIS LINE MAINLY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING WITH SOME
BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET MIXED IN WHILE TO THE NORTHWEST
RAIN…FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WERE OCCURING.

THE PRECIPITATION AREA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHEASTWARD
OVERNIGHT AS THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT OVER NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN…FREEZING RAIN AND
OCCASIONALLY SLEET FROM SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ACROSS
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE COMMON.

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