HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 755 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF OKLAHOMA TODAY...BUT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
COLD AND STABLE LOW LEVEL AIR WILL DEEPEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL GENERATE ENOUGH LIFTING TO GENERATE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION...RANGING FROM
RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SMALL HAIL...SLEET...AND EVEN SNOW. BURSTS
OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. BY EVENING...INTENSE LIFT WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW...ENDING THE CHANCE OF THUNDER.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST FRIDAY DEC 25.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...5 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS UNFOLDING OVER ALL OF OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS
PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SLIDE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY
NIGHT...AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH FRESH SNOW ON
THE GROUND...TEMPERATURES MAY FALL VERY LOW AT NIGHT...INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO...AND RISE ONLY TO NEAR FREEZING IN THE
DAY. SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH SUB
FREEZING WEATHER. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH ZERO DEGREES
AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE
REGION NEXT WEEK...BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.
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