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AWUS84 KTSA 031351
RWSTSA

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEATHER SUMMARY           
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
844 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS LAST 
NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT THAT SET UP 
ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS. RAINFALL TOTALS VARIED FROM A TRACE UP TO 
0.17 INCHES AT TALIHINA AND WILBURTON. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND WARM 
DEW POINTS KEPT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S 
ACROSS THE AREA.  

BY MID MORNING...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...FOG AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS 
WERE COMMON ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. LOW PRESSURE WITH AN 
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT AND DRY LINE WERE SETTING UP ACROSS THE 
PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING 
CONTINUED TO BE IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.

FOR THE REST OF TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE AS THE LOW 
PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT AND DRY LINE MOVE INTO THE REGION 
THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO 
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS 
POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE 
GREATEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER LOOK TO BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST 
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS 
THE REGION AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM THIS 
MORNING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES 
THIS AFTERNOON LOOK TO REACH INTO THE UPPER 60S ACROSS NORTHWEST 
ARKANSAS TO THE LOW TO MID 70S ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. TONIGHT 
LOOKS FOR THE COLD FRONT TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION. CHANCES OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 
LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL INTO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS THE NORTH TO 
THE MID 50S ACROSS THE SOUTH.

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