Hail in Oklahoma, April 12, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
432 AM CDT FRI APR 12 2002

WEAK LARGE-SCALE FEATURES SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE MORE REMINISCENT OF
JUNE THAN EARLY APRIL. AS SUCH...WHAT HAPPENS NEXT 2-3 DAYS IS MOST
LIKELY TO BE DRIVEN BY MESOSCALE FEATURES. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH
FORCING ALOFT FROM SHORTWAVE IMPULSES ON S EDGE OF WESTERLIES... AND
FORCING AT LOW LEVELS MAINLY FROM UPSLOPE AND RESIDUAL FRONTAL
CONVERGENCE...TO CREATE A RISK OF MCS DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT OVER
HIGHER TERRAIN OF S HIGH PLAINS. LL MOISTURE IS MORE TYPICAL OF
APRIL BUT IS ADEQUATE...EVEN THO LL RETURN FLOW/INFLOW INTO ANY
CONVERGENCE ZONES WILL BE DEPLORABLY WEAK. ON THIS BASIS...WE THINK
THE ETA QPF MAY BE MORE ACCURATE IN TAKING MORE ORGANIZED PRECIP
TONIGHT SE-WARD FROM PANHANDLE MORE TOWARD NW TX AND PERHAPS S
OK...WHILE LL RIDGING SHIELDS THE NE ZONES. THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH
THE JUNE-LIKE NW FLOW PATTERN. THUS WILL LEAN AWAY FROM THE MORE
NORTHERN SOLUTION OF THE AVN AND ASSOCIATED COLD/WET GUIDANCE ACROSS
N...WITH THE THINKING BEING THAT CLOUDS/PRECIP WILL MORE LIKELY
AFFECT THE SW ZONES LATE TONIGHT INTO SAT. THIS RESULTS IN NUMBERS
CLOSER TO NGM/FWC N AND AVN/MAV S. ACTIVITY TONIGHT SHOULD REINFORCE
SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS N TX PER SWODY2...FURTHER SHIFTING EMPHASIS
TO S ZONES SAT.

PATTERN CHANGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK YIELDS SOMETHING MEATIER FOR
EARLY-MID SPRING AS LONGWAVE TROF DEVELOPS IN W. TRANSITION EXPECTED
TO BE MOSTLY DRY AS CAP BECOMES A FACTOR WHILE THE W TROF SETS UP.
WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN FOR SUN BUT REMOVE THEM MON. TUE ALSO MAY END
UP CAPPED AS FIRST CHUNK OF ENERGY EJECTS TO OUR N...BUT WILL NEED
TO HOLD ON TO SOME LOW POPS. POPS THEN INCREASE WED-THU AS LONGWAVE
TROF PROGRESSES INTO CENTRAL STATES. TEMPS WILL BE TRENDED TOWARD
LATEST MRF MOS...COOLER N WED-THU.

ALL PRODUCTS LIKELY DELAYED BY UP TO 1/2 HR THIS MORNING DUE TO IFPS
PROBLEMS.

FCSTID = 24
OKC   75  54  75  56 /  20  30  30  20
HBR   77  57  74  56 /  20  40  50  30
SPS   78  58  73  57 /  20  40  50  30
GAG   75  55  75  53 /  20  30  30  20
PNC   73  51  78  53 /  20  20  30  20
DUA   78  57  75  63 /  20  30  40  40

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
120 AM CDT FRI APR 12 2002

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AS
OUTFLOW FROM LAST EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS SURGES TO THE SOUTH. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL
HAIL.

THREAT TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SAT APR 13.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...30 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.

A GRAPHICAL OUTLOOK CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/OUN.

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OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-121200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED THREAT TABLE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
355 AM CDT FRI APR 12 2002

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AS
OUTFLOW FROM LAST EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS SURGES TO THE SOUTH. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL
HAIL.

THREAT TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRI APR 12.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...30 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.

A GRAPHICAL OUTLOOK CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/OUN.

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