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Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
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773 FXUS64 KOUN 301744 AFDOUN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 1244 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 153 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025 -Potentially life-threatening flash flood/flood threat through Wednesday. -Severe thunderstorms with all hazards possible through Wednesday. -Unsettled weather will moderate over the weekend. && .NEAR TERM... (Today and tonight) Issued at 1213 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 Significant flash flooding and severe thunderstorms (all hazards) continue to be the headlines in the short term. As one round of showers and storms moves out, we can see the next round developing in north and west Texas. In general, CAMs seem to be running on the slow side. While CAMs suggest a break in storms, radar trends suggest there may not be much of a break. Thus far, 24- hr rainfall amounts have been 1 to 2.5 inches along the I-44 corridor with locally higher amounts. Another 1 to 3 inches is expected over the next 12-18 hours, mainly over southern Oklahoma and north Texas. This is on top of an area that already has numerous flash flood warnings. As mentioned in the previous AFD, all other convective hazards remain possible-especially south of the boundary. Those hazards will be dictated by convective mode...with the best chance of discrete/supercell storms over the Red River Valley and points south. Otherwise, convective segments/clusters also have readily produced damaging wind gusts within this airmass. CAMs depict the last round Wednesday afternoon / evening. This round appears to be more progressive and much smaller in areal extent, though confidence in CAM predictions out this far is low due to effects from convection between now and then. Day && .SHORT TERM... (Thursday through Friday night) Issued at 1213 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 Thursday should give us a brief lull in rain, with another wave (and associated rain chances) moving through Thursday night into Friday morning. Thursday should be mostly sunny and mild. Friday will be mostly cloudy and slightly cooler. Day && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 1213 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 Low amplitude ridging aloft will briefly influence our weather into the weekend before another western U.S. storm system deepens during the Sunday/Monday timeframe with some signals of unsettled weather for the southern Plains again by the first half of next work week. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1242 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 MVFR conditions are possible over KDUA this afternoon as the thunderstorm complex gradually shifts eastward. Otherwise, VFR conditions this afternoon and mostly dry. Low chances of showers and thunderstorms exist late evening for KCSM, KLAW, and KSPS. Patchy fog is possible late tonight into tomorrow morning. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 55 78 57 68 / 50 0 60 60 Hobart OK 51 79 55 70 / 50 0 60 60 Wichita Falls TX 54 82 57 70 / 40 0 40 70 Gage OK 46 76 50 70 / 20 10 70 30 Ponca City OK 55 77 54 72 / 30 10 50 20 Durant OK 60 83 61 73 / 70 0 40 70 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...Flood Watch through late tonight for OKZ008-012-013-016>048- 050>052. TX...Flood Watch through late tonight for TXZ083>090. && $$ NEAR TERM...14 SHORT TERM...14 LONG TERM....14 AVIATION...01