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Severe Weather Possible This Afternoon And Tonight In Western, Central Oklahoma

Norman Forecast Office
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National Weather Service

Another round of severe weather could hit western and central Oklahoma this afternoon and evening.

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch across all of western Oklahoma and parts of north-central Oklahoma until 10:00 p.m. tonight. Several rounds of storms are expected in the watch area today.

 

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Storm Prediction Center

Meteorologist Todd Lindley with the National Weather Service in Norman says today's forecast is fluid, especially with regards to when and where storms will threaten.

"Storms that develop today and tonight will be capable of all modes of severe weather including giant hail, damaging winds, heavy rain with flash flooding, and there is a low risk for tornadoes that especially exists over western Oklahoma and perhaps western north Texas," Lindley said.

 

 

Credit Norman Forecast Office / National Weather Service
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National Weather Service

 

Lindley says the most likely time for significant severe storms will be after 4:00 p.m. in Woodward and other areas of western Oklahoma. Storms will spread into central Oklahoma after 7:00, and reach the I-35 corridor by 10:00 p.m. There's also a chance for severe weather tomorrow.

 

 

Norman Forecast Office
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National Weather Service

 

Jacob McCleland spent nine years as a reporter and host at public radio station KRCU in Cape Girardeau, Mo. His stories have appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, Here & Now, Harvest Public Media and PRI’s The World. Jacob has reported on floods, disappearing languages, crop duster pilots, anvil shooters, Manuel Noriega, mule jumps and more.
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