Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1030 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

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1030 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE…TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION…
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS KANSAS. WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA MAY SEE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS…BUT LIGHTNING IS UNLIKELY.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY MAR 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…50 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS TONIGHT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
RAIN AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. A RAIN SNOW MIX WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA SUNDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND A
STRONG COLD FRONT.  SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH…GUSTING
UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

IN RESPONSE…FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY.

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