987 FLUS44 KOUN 150955 HWOOUN HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 455 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-161000- HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM- WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON- CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER- WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 455 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN... CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-40. DISCUSSION... A MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WEST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. AMPLE MOISTURE AND SUFFICIENT LIFT FROM THIS FEATURE WILL RESULT IN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. PROBABILITY TABLE... VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY JUL 14. PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT. PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER... NONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WEST OF I-35. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER... HOT TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK...AND WILL BE ESPECIALLY HOT TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. FOLLOW HEAT SAFETY GUIDELINES IF PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TO PREVENT HEAT RELATED ILLNESS OR INJURY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON CDT TODAY. $$