Posted by JAC on 5/1/2009, 2:18 pm, in reply to "Severe weather for OK/TX this afternoon"

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1200 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-021200- 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- 1200 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN... CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND MUCH OF OKLAHOMA. LOCATION... THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES THAT PORTION OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CROWELL TEXAS TO LAWTON OKLAHOMA TO DAVIS OKLAHOMA TO DURANT OKLAHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA EXTENDS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE MODERATE RISK AREA... AND INCLUDES THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS... AND THAT PART OF OKLAHOMA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GAGE TO CHEROKEE TO PONCA CITY. TIMING... THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM MID FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... BASEBALL-SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH. TORNADOES POSSIBLE.