Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 27, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1105 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS SOLIDIFIED THIS MORNING AND
CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM MEDFORD AND CHEROKEE TO JUST EAST OF
WEATHERFORD TO NEAR HOBART... FREDERICK AND INTO NORTHWEST WICHITA
COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. POPS ARE BEING REDEFINED PER LATEST TRENDS.

TO THE WEST OF THIS ACTIVITY... ATTENTION TURNS TO THE DRYLINE
RACING EAST THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.  THE MIXING OF THE DRYLINE
IS EXPECTED TO SLOW IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES OR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AS
MORNING SOUNDINGS SHOW DECENT LAYER OF MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER WILL
RETARD HEATING FOR A WHILE. MEANWHILE THE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

ANOTHER SHORTWAVE APPEARS TO TAKE AIM ON THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON... SO DO EXPECT THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT AT LEAST ALONG
THE COLD FRONT. CONVECTION IS TRYING TO REDEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE
BUT IS CURRENTLY BEING SHEARED APART. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT IF REDEVELOPMENT DOES OCCUR... THERE WILL BE AN AREA OF
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER. 500 MB TEMPERATURES LESS
THAN -20 C MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO
GIVE HIGH LAPSE RATES SUPPORTING SEVERE WEATHER.

FORECAST UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. MAIN CHANGES TO POPS AND
INCREASE HIGHS TODAY IN THE SOUTHWEST.

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210 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

THE NEGATIVELY-TILTED UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT WESTERN OK
BY THIS AFTERNOON, HELPING TO DRIVE THE DRYLINE EAST. BY SUNSET,
SEVERAL SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF WESTERN OK NEAR THE
DRYLINE. HOWEVER, THE DOMINANT STORM MODE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SQUALL
LINE DEVELOPING ON THE DRYLINE/COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST OK BY SUNDAY MORNING. POPS WERE
INCREASED TO LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST OK WHERE THE
COMBINATION OF INSOLATION, MOISTURE, AND DRYLINE CONVERGENCE IS
EXPECTED TO BE BEST INITIALLY. REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK FOR MORE DETAILS.

THE GFS IS SLOWER THAN THE ETA IN MOVING OUT THE UPPER TROUGH.
STILL, THERE MAY BE SOME POST-FRONTAL CLOUDS AROUND PART OF SUNDAY
BEFORE CLEARING SUNDAY NIGHT. THE DRIER AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO LAST
INTO WEDNESDAY WITH TUESDAY MORNING HAVING THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES
OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN COMES FRIDAY WITH THE
APPROACH OF AN UPPER TROUGH IN THE WESTERN U.S.

FCSTID = 9

OKC  76 56 69 44 / 40 40 40 10
HBR  77 52 69 44 / 30 40 20 10
SPS  78 59 70 46 / 30 30 20 10
GAG  76 44 67 38 / 70 30 00 10
PNC  74 52 67 42 / 40 70 20 10
DUA  77 61 71 49 / 30 40 40 10

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-281300-

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES NORTHERN... WESTERN... CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS
NORTHERN... CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY BRIEFLY
REACH SEVERE CRITERIA.

SEVERE WEATHER WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.  THERE IS A DRYLINE
ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLE THAT
WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH WESTERN
KANSAS...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE INTO
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD SOUTH ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM
WILL CREATE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WHICH WILL SUPPORT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN BEING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

IN ADDITION... THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. IF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP... SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS. THE INSTABILITY AND THE WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON TO MID EVENING.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY MAR 28.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS
TO THE SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE BEYOND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING IN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN... CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER THE RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE DECREASING. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
700 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

OKZ004-271315-
HARPER OK-
700 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARPER COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSSTON AT 700
AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
707 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

OKZ009-014-021-271315-
BECKHAM OK-ELLIS OK-ROGER MILLS OK-
707 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM...ELLIS AND ROGER
MILLS COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SHATTUCK TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEXOLA AT 707 AM CST...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  THE STORM NEAR LUTIE TEXAS IS CURRENTLY THE
STRONGEST AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL NEAR DIME SIZE ALONG WITH
WINDS NEAR 50 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
948 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

OKZ022-035-271600-
KIOWA OK-WASHITA OK-
948 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR KIOWA AND WASHITA COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOTEBO AT 948
AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN KIOWA AND WASHITA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1032 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

OKZ007-271645-
GRANT OK-
1032 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GRANT COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER POND CREEK AT 1032 AM CST...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN GRANT COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1157 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

OKZ021-033-034-271815-
BECKHAM OK-GREER OK-HARMON OK-
1157 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM...GREER AND HARMON
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF VINSON AT 1157 AM
CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN BECKHAM...GREER AND HARMON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1222 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

OKZ009-271840-
ELLIS OK-
1222 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARMON AT
1222 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN ELLIS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

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