Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
SAT OCT 6 2012
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-
SAT OCT 6 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION…
LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE KANSAS
OKLAHOMA BORDER IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING MID LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM. THESE SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH LATE
MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION. OTHER SHOWERS HAVE REMAINED MAINLY SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER
THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TEXAS AND FAR SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. A FEW OF THESE HAVE PRODUCED LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE LAST
FEW HOURS…BUT VERY WEAK INSTABILITY WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL TODAY. STILL…WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.
LATER TODAY…A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTHWARD…BRINGING
ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR TO THE REGION. ATOP THIS COLD
AIRMASS…REMNANT INSTABILITY AND MODEST MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
PROMOTE SHOWERS AND MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. IN ANY
CASE…INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN VERY LOW AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY OCT 7.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…10 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…ZERO PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
BEHIND THE FRONT…A COLD AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO
OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL LEAD TO FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WITH
FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA…AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES FORECAST OVER MUCH OF
THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA. A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
OVERNIGHT PERIOD ALONG WITH A FROST ADVISORY WHICH COVERS AREAS NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 40. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION FROM
FREEZING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES…WHICH MAY FALL INTO THE MID TO
UPPER 20S IN SOME AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
DRY…STABLE…AND UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR WILL INVADE THE REGION
THROUGH MONDAY…PREVENTING SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM DEVELOPING. A
LARGE UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS BY MID
WEEK…WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO NEXT
WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS
TIME.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT…WITH TEMPERATURES
LIKELY FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. WHILE NO
ADVISORIES…WATCHES…OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT…EXPECT
POSSIBLE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING.
Coolest minimum temperatures as of 9:55 a.m., from the Oklahoma Mesonet weather network
| 1 – Boise City | 34.6F | 9:15 am |
| 2 – Kenton | 35.3F | 8:40 am |
| 3 – Miami | 36.2F | 3:15 am |
| 4 – Nowata | 36.6F | 3:20 am |
| 5 – Vinita | 36.7F | 3:00 am |
| 6 – Goodwell | 37.2F | 8:30 am |
| 7 – Foraker | 37.3F | 1:55 am |
| 8 – Jay | 37.5F | 4:55 am |
| 9 – Pryor | 37.9F | 3:50 am |
| 10 – Oilton | 38.6F | 2:55 am |
| 11 – Burbank | 38.6F | 2:20 am |
| 12 – Newkirk | 38.8F | 1:50 am |
| 13 – Westville | 39.0F | 6:45 am |
| 14 – Copan | 39.1F | 3:15 am |
| 15 – Red Rock | 39.3F | 4:30 am |
Severe thunderstorm warning for Greer and Kiowa counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
847 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
GREER OK-KIOWA OK-
847 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM
CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN GREER AND NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES…
AT 845 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GRANITE…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MANGUM…GRANITE…LONE WOLF…WILLOW…ALTUS-LUGERT LAKE AND
BRINKMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
