HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 524 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261700- 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- 524 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN... CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IF STORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...THEY COULD BE STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DISCUSSION... A FEW ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WITH A WEAK MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE. THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING...A FEW HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS IN A VERY HOT DEEPLY MIXED ENVIRONMENT. IF STORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THESE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WOULD BE POSSIBLE AS THE AIR WOULD BE UNSTABLE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES. IN ADDITION...STORMS WOULD MOVE VERY SLOWLY. ANY STORM WOULD SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. CAPPING TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY BE TOO STRONG FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. PROBABILITY TABLE... VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY JUN 27. PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...20 PERCENT. PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER... HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 91 AND 107 DEGREES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DONE DURING THE MORNING OR EVENING HOURS TODAY. IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS... DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE SHADE. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING DUE TO BREEZY TO WINDY SOUTH WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY HOT TEMPERATURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... THERE ARE LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES FOR STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER... HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 90 AND 109 DEGREES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DONE DURING THE MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE SHADE. THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON TODAY. $$ MBS/RB
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:39:48 +0000
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