Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
408 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MOIST CONVECTION IS LIMITED TO EASTERN OK AND WESTERN NORTH TX
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A BROAD AREA OF SUBSIDENCE BEHIND A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH IMPACTING THE REGION. WHAT REMAINS OF A MCV OVER
WESTERN NORTH TX WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THERE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHILE WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE ALONG A SFC
TROUGH AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING ZONE FROM CREEK COUNTY SOUTHWARD
THROUGH SEMINOLE COUNTY SUPPORTS THE CONVECTION THERE. EXPECT VERY
LITTLE TO NO COVERAGE ELSEWHERE UNTIL PERHAPS LATER THIS EVENING
AS A VORT MAX DIVES SOUTH ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND A WEAKER
ASSOCIATED LOBE IMPACTS N/NE/E OK...ALONG WITH COOLER MID
LEVEL TEMPS. COVERAGE WILL REMAIN ISOLATED THOUGH FOR OUR FA.

A SIGNIFICANT VORT MAX...CURRENTLY OVER THE MANITOBA/ONTARIO
BORDER...WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTH TOMORROW AS AN UPPER TROUGH
DEEPENS OVER THE EASTERN CONUS AND THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER
THE ROCKIES. A PREFRONTAL TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE
REGION TOMORROW AS A RESULT. HOWEVER...EXPECT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
CAA TO OCCUR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER 18Z SO STAYED CLOSER TO THE
WARMER METMOS FOR TOMORROW. IN ADDITION...MOS TEMPS TEND TO COOL
TOO FAST THE DAY OF FROPA. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE
FRONT...HOWEVER...IT APPEARS MOST OF THE OPERATIONAL MODELS (WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE MUCH COOLER GFS) DROP 850MB TEMPS TO AROUND
21 TO 23C ACROSS CENTRAL OK AS A SFC RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE
UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. EXPECT HIGHS FROM THE
LOW 90S TO NEAR 100 FROM NE TO SW RESPECTFULLY FRIDAY. TEMPS WILL
SLOWLY BEGIN TO WARM THROUGH LATE THIS WEEKEND...BUT AT LEAST LOW
RAIN CHANCES AND REASONABLE TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
WITH THE RIDGE GENERALLY REMAINING WEST OF THE AREA AND MID TO
UPPER WNW FLOW OVERHEAD.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY EVENING AS BREEZY NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH
ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT. ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON NORTH OF I40...AND
DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO DROP. THIS WILL RESULT IN MIN RH NEAR 20
PERCENT. ALL OF THE PREVIOUS CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HIGH FIRE
DANGER WILL PRODUCE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAINLY
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OK TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  75 101  71  93 /  20  10  10   0
HOBART OK         74 104  71  96 /  20  10  10   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  77 105  74  99 /  20  10  10   0
GAGE OK           70  98  65  93 /  10  10  10   0
PONCA CITY OK     75  97  70  91 /  20  10  10   0
DURANT OK         77 101  74  97 /  50  20  10  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

09/03

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
400 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091200-
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-
400 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A
FEW MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

DISCUSSION...
WHILE THE LOWER LEVELS HEAT AND DEVELOP LARGE DIFFERENCES IN
TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...
THE ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ONCE THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOP...THEY WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY AUG 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE REGION. EXTREME
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON
THURSDAY. A FEW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH DUE TO SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT
CONDITIONS.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
THURSDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1229 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

OKZ048-081800-
ATOKA OK-
1229 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1226 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF STRINGTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAISY...CHOCKIE AND REDDEN.

LAT...LON 3451 9568 3451 9578 3447 9578 3430 9592
      3457 9607 3467 9589 3467 9588 3460 9588
      3459 9567 3452 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 296DEG 5KT 3452 9598

WR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
541 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

OKZ028>031-042-082315-
SEMINOLE OK-MCCLAIN OK-CLEVELAND OK-PONTOTOC OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-
541 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SEMINOLE...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCLAIN...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN
PONTOTOC AND SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 538 PM CDT...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS
POTTAWATOMIE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MACOMB...WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM NEAR WANETTE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WHICH MAY IGNITE WILDFIRES...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KONAWA...MAUD...ASHER...WANETTE...BOWLEGS...TRIBBEY...ST. LOUIS...
ETOWAH...ROSEDALE...MACOMB AND TROUSDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAPID CHANGES TO WIND SPEED AND
DIRECTION...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...THAT WILL HAMPER FIRE FIGHTING
EFFORTS. PLEASE ADVISE ANY FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD IMMEDIATELY.

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3488 9661 3490 9729 3517 9725 3516 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 358DEG 7KT 3508 9697

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