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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
552 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

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552 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION...
ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS SHIFTED EAST OF OUR AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN EASTWARD MEANDERING UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...A MORE STABLE AIRMASS HAS
MOVED INTO THE REGION...WHICH WILL ACT TO SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MAY 17.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL RETURN SATURDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY
OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA NEAR A WELL DEFINED DRYLINE. IF STORMS MANAGE
TO DEVELOP...THEY WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

GREATER INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS
ON SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. THE LATEST FORECAST DATA INDICATES THAT
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES...AND
REVIEW YOUR SAFETY PLAN NOW...IN CASE YOU ARE FORCED TO RESPOND TO
SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 5 AM FRIDAY MORNING.

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MAXWELL/AUSTIN