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FXUS64 KOUN 211912
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
212 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES FOR THIS PACKAGE WILL BE ONGOING
CONVECTION ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS...AND FORECASTING
SHOWER/STORM CHANCES OVER THE COMING WEEK...WHICH MAY HAMPER
SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. RECENT WV IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL PRONOUNCED DRY
SLOT DEVELOPING WEST OF AN EASTWARD MOVING LINE OF STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF HOLDENVILLE...SOUTHWARD
TO NEAR TISHOMINGO AND LAKE TEXOMA. AT TIMES...STRONG TO SEVERE
WIND GUSTS HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS COMPLEX...AND STORMS ARE LIKELY
TO REMAIN STRONG TO SEVERE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE
THREAT...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LED TO OCCURRENCES OF
FLASH FLOODING AND POSSIBLY RIVER FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS
IF YOU COME ACROSS THEM ON THE ROADWAY!

FURTHER NORTH...WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE
REGION...AND WITH EXPANSIVE CLOUD SHIELD AND INCREASING
STABILITY...EXPECT MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER MOST OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDER.

BY TONIGHT...MOST ACTIVITY WILL HAVE EXITED THE REGION...WITH
CLOUDS HANGING AROUND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE
IN PLACE...AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN BEHIND AS PASSING
FRONT...PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FOG MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY FROM
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHEASTWARD. PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY EVEN DEVELOP
NEAR SUNRISE...AS WINDS GO CALM...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.

FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK...FLAT MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD
INTO OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. WITH SEVERAL SMALL SCALE IMPULSES
MOVING ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE...AT LEAST
ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH
DAY OVER THE COMING WEEK. THIS WILL MAINLY BE DRIVEN BY DIURNAL
HEATING. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK...AS A LARGE UPPER STORM SYSTEM EMERGES INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS OR LESS THROUGH
THE ENTIRETY OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

REGARDING SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH OKLAHOMA CITY
METRO AREA...EXPECT MAIN IMPACTS IN THE SHORT TERM TO BE LIGHT
SHOWER ACTIVITY...WHICH WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. ANY FOG
DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL MAKE
RESCUE OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. COOL MORNING TEMPERATURES AND PATCHY
FOG WILL YIELD TO MILD TEMPERATURES AND MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES BY EARLY AFTERNOON TOMORROW. AGAIN...AT LEAST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND...SO
PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN CLEANUP AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES WILL NEED TO
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY OVER THE COMING DAYS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  56  80  60  79 /  10   0  20  40
HOBART OK         53  87  60  85 /   0  10  10  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  58  89  63  91 /  10   0  10  20
GAGE OK           48  85  56  78 /   0  10  20  40
PONCA CITY OK     51  80  57  77 /  10   0  30  40
DURANT OK         59  85  64  85 /  30   0  10  20

&&

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

$$

84-AUSTIN