Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1130 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

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1130 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE…THROUGH TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. 

TIMING…
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
PRIMARILY AFTER 9 PM THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

DISCUSSION…
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT…AHEAD OF A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. 
AS INSTABILITY INCREASES ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE…STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS DURING THE MID TO
LATE EVENING.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED
HAIL…AND WINDS NEAR 65 MPH. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN IN
INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE EAST AND APPROACH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY MAR 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…50 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
EXPECT STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT.  WINDS MAY
GUST TO OVER 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING…AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW TRAVERSES THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
DAY AND EVENING HOURS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON…EXPECT SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 35 ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BEHIND A COLD FRONT.  IN RESPONSE…FIRE
DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

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