Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
940 PM CST MON MAR 24 1997

STG/SVR TSTMS STRETCHING ALNG FNT ACRS ERN KS INTO N-CNTL AND
NW OK THIS EVNG.  FNT CONTG TO SAG SLOWLY TO THE SE AND WL BE
ENTERING NWRN PART OF FA IN THE NXT HR OR SO.  TIMING OF FNT
IN PREV PKG STILL LOOKS GOOD...AND SHLD BE THRU MOST OF FA BY
ARND 12Z.  GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED A LTL THRU THE
EVNG...ESPECIALLY OVR ERN AND SRN PARTS OF FA.  WL UPDATE ZNS
AND DROP WIND ADVSY FOR NOW...BUT WL HAVE TO WATCH FOR GUSTY
NRLY WNDS BEHIND FNT AND MAY HAVE TO REISSUE FOR NWRN PART OF
FA LATER.  OTHERWISE DO NOT PLAN ON ANY OTHER BIG CHGS FOR
NOW.  WL LIKELY UPDATE ZNS AGN ARND MIDNIGHT AS FNT/SQUALL LN
BEGINS TO PROGRESS ACRS THE AREA.

DECIDED TO KEEP WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NE OK
TNGT AS MESONET SHOWING STG NRLY WNDS MOVG IN BHND FNT.
...04...
.TUL...
OK...WND ADVSY FOR TNGT ZNS 54>67.
A.R...NONE.

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EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
605 PM CST MON MAR 24 1997

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

AT 600 PM...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL
KANSAS WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES.  A DRYLINE WAS NOTED FROM CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWARD INTO
WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY
ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI THIS EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE DRYLINE INTO OKLAHOMA.
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STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA IN THE
LATE EVENING HOURS AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES FURTHER INTO THE
REGION.  THE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY PUSH THEIR WAY INTO
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY.

AS THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP SOUTH AND EASTWARD TONIGHT...THEY
SHOULD EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE.  THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM VERY STRONG STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD MAINTAIN A HIGH
STATE OF READINESS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING
TONIGHT'S SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.