Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, May 19, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
400 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001

WILL EXPAND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO COVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT. ONE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... MEANWHILE
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF THIS BAND.
MEANWHILE... OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL BE
MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING. VERY MOIST...
UNSTABLE AIR LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL CONTINUE
TO FUEL TSTMS DURING THE EVENING. MEANWHILE... UPPER WAVES MOVING
OUT OF UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA WILL ALSO PROVIDE LIFT.
FORECAST AREA IS LOCATED IN RIGHT REAR QUAD OF POLAR JET STREAK
CENTERED OVER CENTRAL PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST AND IN LEFT FRONT QUAD OF
SUBTROPICAL JET MAX MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH
SHIFTS EAST. MEANWHILE... STRONG WAVE DIGGING INTO THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES/PLAINS ON SUNDAY WILL DRIVE FAIRLY STRONG FRONT SOUTH ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW POST FRONTAL SHOWERS MAY
LINGER INTO MONDAY. COOLER/DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD IN BEHIND THE FRONT
AND PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF SECONDARY FRONTS
MOVE IN.

FCSTID = 32
OKC   66  82  58  70 /  70  70  50  20
HBR   66  87  58  71 /  80  40  40  20
SPS   67  88  60  74 /  70  30  40  20
GAG   60  81  53  66 /  80  60  40  20
PNC   65  81  56  68 /  70  70  50  20
DUA   67  84  60  74 /  50  50  60  30

.OUN...
OK...FFA CENTRAL AND WESTERN ZONES...ZN004>030..033>041..044>046..050
TX...NONE.

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-192000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
115 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PONCA
CITY... TO ARDMORE... TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY
OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA... WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
SHIFTING EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREATS... HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

DUE TO THE LACK OF A SIGNIFICANT CAPPING INVERSION... STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS REMAINING PORTIONS
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

THE COMBINATION OF STRONG INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT VERTICAL WIND
SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH LOW
LEVEL WINDS SPEEDS ARE RELATIVELY WEAK... THE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR
COMBINED WITH STRONG INSTABILITIES COULD RESULT IN AN ISOLATED
TORNADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX DURING THE
LATE EVENING THAT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA
OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED INFLOW OF MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE
COMPLEX OF STORMS SHOULD INCREASE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.
ANY FURTHER RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST TWO
DAYS MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

CJS

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
312 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0305 PM    BLAIR                     OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/19/01   JACKSON                        AWNING BLOWN OFF OF
                                          CONVENIENCE STORE
                                          HAM RADIO REPORT

0252 PM    8 NW ALTUS                OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/19/01   JACKSON                        HAM RADIO REPORT

0244 PM    8 S ELK CITY              OK   60 MPH WIND GUST
05/19/01   BECKHAM                        (ESTIMATED) HAM RADIO
                                          REPORT

0239 PM    7 NE CARTER               OK   70 MPH WIND GUST
05/19/01   BECKHAM                        (ESTIMATED) HAM RADIO
                                          REPORT

0207 PM    SAYRE                     OK   75 MPH WIND GUST
05/19/01   BECKHAM                        (ESTIMATED) HAM RADIO
                                          REPORT

1253 PM    TEXOLA                    OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/19/01   BECKHAM                        REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA

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