Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
FRI MAR 22 2013

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FRI MAR 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY THROUGH NOON.

DISCUSSION…
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
TODAY…ALLOWING COLDER AND DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN HALF
OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. MEANWHILE…A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA…MAINLY BEFORE NOON. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL NEAR
THE SIZE OF PEAS.

SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY LATE
AFTERNOON…AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL ROCKIES. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY MAR 23.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…70 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY AS A STORM
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE BEST CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
WITH A COLDER AIRMASS SPREADING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS…THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN-SNOW MIX ACROSS NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED…ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES.
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS…WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH…ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA SATURDAY NIGHT.

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