000
FPUS74 KTSA 162120
NOWTSA

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
420 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-162300-
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
420 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

.NOW...

AT 4:20 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING...AND MOVING ACROSS MUCH
OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A FEW STRONGER SHOWERS
WERE LOCATED WITHIN SEBASTIAN COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WERE FORMING
IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE
OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS...MISSOURI BORDERS...AND WERE ROTATING TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST...AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR.

THROUGH 6:00 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AS PEAK AFTERNOON HEATING IS
REACHED. PASSING LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE COMMON FOR MOST AFFECTED
AREAS...WITH AVERAGE RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. ANY
OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH
A QUICK QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAINFALL.

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