According to that map, Oklahoma is basically toast. This probably rivals the conditions on Mars.

Parts of northern OK and southern KS received over 2 inches of rain this evening as activity was much more widespread than forecast. Hoping we get some of that to the south over the next few days as the front stalls. Several days of scattered storms would help keep the heat down and put a dent in the drought.

http://www.koco.com/video/28760278/detail.html

Those poor souls at White Water Bay.

If anyone is ready for a major cool-down, here is something to look forward to.

http://www.pbase.com/image/120544656.jpg

According to that map, Oklahoma is basically toast. This probably rivals the conditions on Mars.

Actually the conditions on Mars are the daytime surface temperature is about 80 F during rare summer days, to -200 F at the poles in winter. The AIR temperature, however, rarely gets much above 32 F.

Actually the conditions on Mars are the daytime surface temperature is about 80 F during rare summer days, to -200 F at the poles in winter. The AIR temperature, however, rarely gets much above 32 F.

Time to get to terraforming. :-P

Anyone ready to move? :-O If I was, I would have, instead, moved to Colorado Springs years ago. Typical for that city in the middle of summer is to have highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s.

CH 4 DP says we have about another 7 or 8 days of 108 to 110+ then it might cool off to the upper 90’s

Well, that'll still get us to 50+ days this year...

If I was, I would have, instead, moved to Colorado Springs years ago. Typical for that city in the middle of summer is to have highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s.

Colorado Springs and Denver can get temps. in the 90's often in the summer, but the humidity is low and afternoon thunderstorms and clouds that develop over the Front Range move east and cool it off almost every day.

Yawn...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
257 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

.DISCUSSION...

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY...

UNFORTUNATELY... THE UNUSUAL HAS BECOME THE USUAL WITH REGARDS TO
THE INTENSE HEAT THIS SUMMER OVER THE CWA. TEMPERATURES NEAR OR
EXCEEDING RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS STILL SHOWING A PATTERN SHIFT BEGINNING
AROUND TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

THE OUTFLOW/FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PLAY A PRETTY BIG ROLE IN THE
WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE STALLED BOUNDARY... WITH CLOUD
COVER FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION... SLOWED THE WARM UP OVER THE
NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER... TEMPERATURES HAD ONCE AGAIN
EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES OVER ALL BUT OUR NORTHERN BORDER COUNTIES.
EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NEAR THIS BOUNDARY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN... WHICH MAY THEN IN TURN MOVE INTO
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT.

THE BOUNDARY DOES LIFT NORTH TOMORROW INTO SATURDAY... BUT WILL
PROBABLY WAFFLE BACK AND FORTH INTO OKLAHOMA FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. THE PLACEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER
TO THE NORTH WILL DETERMINE THOSE THAT GET HOT... AND THOSE THAT GET
REALLY HOT. THE FORECAST TEMPERATURES FOR OKLAHOMA CITY COULD END
UP BEING A FEW DEGREES TOO WARM TOMORROW AND SATURDAY IF THE
BOUNDARY PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH THAN FORECAST.

THE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A PATTERN SHIFT EARLY NEXT WEEK...
WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WEST... AND NORTHWEST FLOW
DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. IF THAT DOES INDEED OCCUR...
TEMPERATURES MAY ACTUALLY APPROACH NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SOME GUIDANCE NUMBERS EVEN HAVE PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WE WILL NOT GET TOO CARRIED
AWAY AT THIS POINT... BUT WILL WATCH CLOSELY.

Humidity levels will drop Monday lower than what they normally have been and winds will be up.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
221 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

OKZ005>029-033>038-TXZ083>085-070330-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FW.A.0048.110808T1700Z-110809T0200Z/
WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WA****A-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-
WILBARGER-
221 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.

* WIND...20 TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...12 TO 18 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE...107 TO 112 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THERE IS A BURN BAN FOR ALL COUNTIES IN
OKLAHOMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND INFORMATION.

Several Severe Storms moving through the Metro area right now.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS STORM HAS MOVED WELL SOUTHEAST OF
THE PRECIPITATION. WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA CITY... INCLUDING EDMOND.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WHICH MAY CAUSE WILDFIRES...

-----

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PAYNE AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
OUTFLOW FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PUSHED WELL SOUTHEAST TOWARD WELLSTON
AND CHANDLER.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WHICH MAY CAUSE WILDFIRES...

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AGRA...AVERY...CARNEY...

----

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...OUTFLOW FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER GUTHRIE
HAS PUSHED WELL SOUTHEAST INTO OKLAHOMA COUNTY. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
EXTENDED FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUTHER TO NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WHICH MAY CAUSE WILDFIRES...

Brady Block Fest cancelled in Tulsa after storms knocked down the stage rigging and blew over tents. This was before Primus and Flaming Lips were able to play.

On the plus side there is a lot of welcome rain coming down over the central and northern half of the state. This rain alone, and any more that we get, should help keep temps. down several degrees over the next few days. Humidity will increase however..

Something that hasn't happened for awhile...well officially...

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2011/day2otlk_20110807_0600_prt.gif

DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1256 AM CDT SUN AUG 07 2011

VALID 081200Z - 091200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM A PORTION OF THE CNTRL AND
SRN PLAINS...MID-UPPER MS VALLEY AND A PORTION OF THE TN AND OH
VALLEYS...

...SYNOPSIS...

GRADUAL AMPLIFICATION OF LARGE SCALE TROUGH WILL OCCUR OVER THE ERN
HALF OF THE U.S. THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER TROUGH NOW OVER THE UPPER MS
VALLEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NERN STATES EARLY IN THE PERIOD
FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE
UPPER MS VALLEY MONDAY AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE THROUGH
THE NERN STATES EARLY MONDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEAD IMPULSE.
TRAILING PORTION OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL EXTEND WWD THROUGH MO AND
KS/NRN OK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE NRN PLAINS AND UPPER MS VALLEY IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPPER MS
VALLEY IMPULSE.

...CNTRL PLAINS THROUGH MID MS VALLEY REGION...

STORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING PRIMARILY WITHIN ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION AND
ISENTROPIC ASCENT NORTH OF THE FRONT FROM PORTION OF NEB...KS INTO
MO. STORMS WILL SHIFT EWD AND MAY DECREASE DURING THE DAY AS THE LLJ
WEAKENS. THE STORMS WILL SERVE TO REINFORCE PRE-EXISTING BAROCLINIC
ZONE AS THE WARM SECTOR TO THE SOUTH DESTABILIZES WITH THE ONSET OF
DIABATIC WARMING. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR STORMS TO REDEVELOP ALONG
AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY FROM CNTRL/NRN OK AND KS INTO MO AS
SURFACE LAYER WARMS AND CAP WEAKENS. OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER
WRN NEB IN THE MORE DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AND ALONG TRAILING
END OF SEWD MOVING COLD FRONT. VORT MAX NOW OVER NRN CA IS FORECAST
TO ACCELERATE INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRENGTHENING
HEIGHT GRADIENT WITH THIS IMPULSE AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPPING INTO
THE UPPER MS VALLEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO 40-45 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR
SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS OVER MUCH OF THIS
REGIONS. ACTIVITY MAY EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO AN MCS AS LLJ
STRENGTHENS OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE EWD THROUGH THE TN VALLEY AND SRN
PORTIONS OF THE OH VALLEY.

..DIAL.. 08/07/2011

The drought is over the drought is over!

The drought is over the drought is over!

Yeah keeping dreaming. LOL

A few of those lines every day for a week would probably get things closer to normal. Northern and western parts of the OKC metro up toward Stillwater and up to Tulsa received over an inch of rain yesterday. The severe weather in Tulsa that caused the music festival to be cancelled also knocked out power and tore down tree limbs in midtown.

A few of those lines every day for a week would probably get things closer to normal. Northern and western parts of the OKC metro up toward Stillwater and up to Tulsa received over an inch of rain yesterday. The severe weather in Tulsa that caused the music festival to be cancelled also knocked out power and tore down tree limbs in midtown.

We will just need to see much more rain out of them. Here are the current Drought Termination figures if we wanted to get out of it with in a month.

Unfortunately, we would need 18 to 24 inches of rain. Amounts differ as the time period changes. Over 3 months is 18 to 21 inches, and over 6 months is 18 to 29 inches...all these take into account "precipitation, associated probabilities, and percent of normal precipitation needed to end or ameliorate drought." These figures are for the values at the end of July...and things have gotten drier since then.

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/drought/recovery/current/curr-end-1mon.gif

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/drought/recovery/current/curr-end-1mon.gif

Interesting they used green for the higher amounts of rain needed. Doesn't look so bad that way. I associate green with already being "wet". LOL

I didn't realize the SE was in such a drought. They could've really benefitted from Emily moving more northward into the Carolinas.

I still think it will take a tropical system to bring Texas and Oklahoma initially out of our drought, and for a more "normal" fall weather pattern with plenty of rain. The tropics, especially the Gulf, have been really quiet so far though.

I didn't realize the SE was in such a drought. They could've really benefitted from Emily moving more northward into the Carolinas.

I still think it will take a tropical system to bring Texas and Oklahoma initially out of our drought, and for a more "normal" fall weather pattern with plenty of rain. The tropics, especially the Gulf, have been really quiet so far though.

Yeah Georgia has been hit especially hard being in an exceptional drought there for awhile. Florida has been in a drought for years. Emily would have meant a lot for them.

If it stays quiet into the first week of September, then I'll worry. August starts to up tick pretty fast in to the 2nd half of the month, for now we are still pretty close to average.

A few of those lines every day for a week would probably get things closer to normal. Northern and western parts of the OKC metro up toward Stillwater and up to Tulsa received over an inch of rain yesterday. The severe weather in Tulsa that caused the music festival to be cancelled also knocked out power and tore down tree limbs in midtown.

Only Perkins up toward Stillwater got over an inch of rain. In Stillwater, the rain only amounted to .10. Between Stillwater and Perkins power lines were down on highway 177 and was closed for around 2 hours. A church had part of its roof blown off due to winds of around 70mph.

Slight Risk today for severe storms with Damaging Winds...

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0100 AM CDT MON AUG 08 2011

VALID 081200Z - 091200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY REGION
SWD INTO KS/OK/MO/AR...AND EWD ACROSS THE MIDWEST/OH VALLEY...

...SYNOPSIS...
SHORT-WAVE TROUGHING MOVING ACROSS THE SRN CANADIAN PRAIRIE AND THE
N CENTRAL CONUS EARLY WILL DIG ESEWD ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE U.S.
WITH TIME...SUPPRESSING THE PERSISTENT CENTRAL U.S. RIDGE SWWD. AS
THIS OCCURS...A COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT SEWD ACROSS THE
MIDWEST/CENTRAL AND SRN PLAINS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS FRONT AND
ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGHING SHOULD RESULT IN A LARGE AREA OF
GENERALLY LOWER-END SEVERE POTENTIAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

...THE PLAINS...
MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF STRONG/LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS FROM NEB SWD INTO PARTS OF KS/OK/MO/AR
THIS PERIOD...AS LARGE-SCALE RIDGING ALOFT IS SUPPRESSED SWWD WITH
TIME ALLOWING THE SURFACE COLD FRONT TO PROGRESS SWD.

STORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID AND LOWER MS VALLEY
EARLY...AND AS AIRMASS DESTABILIZES...STORMS MAY RE-INTENSIFY INTO
THE AFTERNOON. AIDED BY MODERATE WLY/WNWLY FLOW AT MID
LEVELS...SOME THREAT FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXIST WITH
STRONGER STORMS.

LATER...AS THE NEXT UPPER SYSTEM EMERGES INTO NEB/SD AND
VICINITY...STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP/SHIFT SEWD OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS.
WITH MODERATE NWLYS ALOFT...SEWD-MOVING STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LOCAL WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

..GOSS/GRAMS.. 08/08/2011

I don't know about you but the rain we got Saturday and the cooler weather in OKC Sunday was like a gift from God. I smiled more because I just wasn't so hot. We took the dog out to the park, and did some things we hadn't done for awhile.I know it was just a respite and the heat is coming back, but it was nice to just have a break. Fall is on its way. It can't get here soon enough for me.

Just 3 more weeks. Look at it this way...3 more months to Christmas shopping. :-O

I don't know about you but the rain we got Saturday and the cooler weather in OKC Sunday was like a gift from God. I smiled more because I just wasn't so hot. We took the dog out to the park, and did some things we hadn't done for awhile.I know it was just a respite and the heat is coming back, but it was nice to just have a break. Fall is on its way. It can't get here soon enough for me.

Be thankful if you got a rest from it. Here in Norman we still hit 99 yesterday even with the clouds. Oh...no rain either. lol

Heads up for today.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
443 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

OKZ007-008-011>013-015>030-033>040-044-081745-
/O.UPG.KOUN.FW.A.0048.110808T1700Z-110809T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0046.110808T1700Z-110809T0200Z/
GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-
LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-WA****A-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-
MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-COTTON-
443 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WINDY... HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE...107 TO 112 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THERE IS A BURN BAN FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA.

* A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
MONDAY NIGHT SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTH. THIS WIND SHIFT COULD
CREATE PROBLEMS WITH THE FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS AT ANY ONGOING
FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE
TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

So if you thought last month was really hot...

MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ...
August 8, 2011 August 8, 2011 August 8, 2011 August 8, 2011


Oklahoma July Warmest on Record for U.S.

Grover Cleveland was serving his second term as President in 1895. Victoria was
the Queen of England and Will Rogers was still a teenager. It is also the year
that statewide average temperature records begin for the United States. There
have been 1399 months pass by since 1895. Multiply that number by 48 and you
have 67,152 months of temperature records for the contiguous states. How hot
was it in Oklahoma last month? Of those statewide average temperature records
for the 48 states, none has been hotter than July 2011 in Oklahoma.

According to data from the Oklahoma Mesonet, the statewide average temperature
during July came in at 89.1 degrees, more than 7 degrees above normal. High
temperatures alone were nearly 9 degrees above normal at 102.9 degrees. The
National Climatic Data Center's statewide average for July stands at 88.9
degrees with data still being collected. Both values shattered the country’s
previous record of 88.1 degrees held by another legendary hot month in
Oklahoma, July 1954.

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110808/July_statewide_averages.png

The extreme heat is being fueled by one of the worst short-term droughts in
state history. The drought’s beginnings date back to August 2010 but
intensified beginning in the fall under the influence of La Niña. That climate
phenomenon, marked by cooler than normal water temperatures in the eastern
equatorial pacific, often means drier weather for the southern United States.
The statewide average precipitation total of 16.73 inches since October 1,
2010, is the driest on record at nearly 14 inches below normal. Parts of
southwestern Oklahoma have seen less than 6 inches of rain over that 10-month
period.

The loss of soil moisture and green vegetation has combined with the summer sun
to bake the state unmercifully. July was the hottest month in Oklahoma City’s
history, dating back to 1890. At 75 days through Sunday, Grandfield is quickly
approaching the state’s all-time record for days with highs above 100 degrees.
The record is 86 days, set at Hollis in the drought-fueled summer of 1956.
Unfortunately, the heat has only intensified during the first week of August.
The Mesonet has recorded a statewide average temperature of 92.1 degrees over
the month’s first seven days with an average high of 107 degrees and an average
low of 77 degrees. The state remains on course to record its warmest summer as
well. The statewide average temperature for the summer thus far is 87 degrees,
easily outpacing the current record of 85.2 degrees from 1934.

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110808/Mesonet_days_above_100.png

Unfortunately, widespread relief has yet to appear on the horizon. The latest
seasonal drought outlook from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction
Center (CPC) calls for drought to persist or intensify in Oklahoma through the
end of October. Farther out, the news is just as troubling. While the La Niña
event faded in late spring, the CPC issued a La Niña watch last week for
possible development once again this winter. The possibility of extending the
current drought further would be very bad news for a state already hit hard by
the heat and lack of rainfall.

Gary McManus
Associate State Climatologist
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253
gmcmanus@mesonet.org

Am I reading this right?

Last month here was the hottest month for any state ever?

Hotter than Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Florida have ever recorded?

That is amazing.

Am I reading this right?

Last month here was the hottest month for any state ever?

Hotter than Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Florida have ever recorded?

That is amazing.

Well, I guess if you're going to have heat like this, you might as well make it memorable.

http://www.tulsamastergardeners.org/insects/grasshopper.jpg

http://www.koco.com/news/28800818/detail.html


NORMAN, Okla. -- An entomologist at Oklahoma State University says the record-setting heat and ongoing drought in Oklahoma is causing grasshoppers to move into urban areas in search of food.

Rick Grantham, who also is a professor at OSU, told The Norman Transcript that the lack of green vegetation in more rural areas has driven the insects into cities statewide.

"They eat green things, and green things are few and far between right now," Grantham said. "Your green lawn or garden is like a flashing cafe sign to them."

The insect population statewide is down this year, Grantham said, because of the drought and extreme heat, factors that bode well for the countless grasshoppers walking, flying or hopping around the rest of the state.

"A lot of insects eat grasshopper eggs before they hatch but we're not seeing a lot of other insects because of the conditions," Grantham said. "And grasshoppers do well in these conditions, so it's no surprise to see so many of them right now."

The month of July was the hottest month ever in Oklahoma based on records dating to 1895, according to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, with an average daily temperature of 89.1 degrees

The western two-thirds of the state is in an exceptional drought, according the U.S. Drought Monitor, while most of the eastern one-third is in extreme drought.

Am I reading this right?

Last month here was the hottest month for any state ever?

Hotter than Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Florida have ever recorded?

That is amazing.

I wouldn't be surprised if Oklahoma has had more daily highs this summer for the nation than any other state.

Storms heading for OKC and Tulsa...if you're lucky you may get a half to one inch out of these as they are moving pretty slowly. There are severe thunderstorm warnings currently up for Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Kay, Payne, Lincoln, Pawnee and Creek counties. The rain should really help with the fires in Pawnee Co.

Just got back from Tenkiller and the grasshoppers were everywhere...Every step you took one flew off

Got a nice little amount of rain as well as some high winds here in nw okc. Parts of the backyard are ponding which is a good sign.Power went off for a few mins but came back on.

Just got off the phone with my cousin near Rockwell and 122nd (Westlake neighborhood if you know where that is). Says it is U-G-L-Y, lots of power poles snapped, no power, yard full of shingles, all but the biggest trees have major damage to them.

Stay safe out there!

Several reports of damage across the state and here in the metro. Also appears to be a possible tornado in eastern OK tonight.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1022 PM CDT MON AUG 08 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0540 PM TSTM WND GST GOLTRY 36.53N 98.15W
08/08/2011 E65.00 MPH ALFALFA OK PUBLIC

0545 PM TSTM WND GST OKEENE 36.12N 98.32W
08/08/2011 E75.00 MPH BLAINE OK PUBLIC

0550 PM TSTM WND GST 1 WSW LAHOMA 36.38N 98.11W
08/08/2011 M96.00 MPH MAJOR OK MESONET

0601 PM TSTM WND GST VANCE AIR FORCE BASE 36.34N 97.90W
08/08/2011 M63.00 MPH GARFIELD OK ASOS

0605 PM TSTM WND GST VANCE AIR FORCE BASE 36.34N 97.90W
08/08/2011 M70.00 MPH GARFIELD OK ASOS

0605 PM TSTM WND GST 4 SSE BILLINGS 36.48N 97.42W
08/08/2011 M73.00 MPH NOBLE OK AMATEUR RADIO

0635 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE PERRY 36.32N 97.27W
08/08/2011 NOBLE OK PUBLIC

FENCE PANELS AND LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

0645 PM TSTM WND GST 7 SSE RED ROCK 36.37N 97.13W
08/08/2011 M62.00 MPH NOBLE OK MESONET

0650 PM TSTM WND GST 7 SSE RED ROCK 36.37N 97.13W
08/08/2011 M63.00 MPH NOBLE OK MESONET

0655 PM TSTM WND GST 5 E ORLANDO 36.15N 97.29W
08/08/2011 M69.00 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET

0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S PONCA CITY 36.68N 97.09W
08/08/2011 KAY OK EMERGENCY MNGR

POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN

0700 PM TSTM WND DMG KINGFISHER 35.86N 97.93W
08/08/2011 KINGFISHER OK EMERGENCY MNGR

NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN AND ESTIMATED 70 MPH WINDS

0703 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNW STILLWATER 36.14N 97.07W
08/08/2011 M80.00 MPH PAYNE OK ASOS

0705 PM TSTM WND GST 7 N COYLE 36.06N 97.24W
08/08/2011 M64.00 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET

0705 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W STILLWATER 36.12N 97.09W
08/08/2011 M61.00 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET

0710 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W STILLWATER 36.12N 97.09W
08/08/2011 M67.00 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET

0714 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNW STILLWATER 36.14N 97.07W
08/08/2011 M72.00 MPH PAYNE OK ASOS

0715 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S WEATHERFORD 35.50N 98.70W
08/08/2011 CUSTER OK PUBLIC

POWER POLES DOWN, TRANSFORMERS BLOWN, LARGE TREE BRANCHES
BROKEN. TWO SEMI TRAILERS BLOWN OVER ON I-40 3 MILES WEST
OF TOWN. WIND ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH.

0720 PM TSTM WND GST 7 N COYLE 36.06N 97.24W
08/08/2011 M59.00 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET

0720 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W STILLWATER 36.12N 97.09W
08/08/2011 M59.00 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET

0750 PM TSTM WND GST 8 WNW EDMOND 35.70N 97.61W
08/08/2011 E60.00 MPH OKLAHOMA OK NWS EMPLOYEE

OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS

0805 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N BETHANY 35.58N 97.64W
08/08/2011 OKLAHOMA OK BROADCAST MEDIA

NUMEROUS FENCES AND POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN. TIME
ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR

0825 PM TSTM WND GST 6 N OKLAHOMA CITY 35.55N 97.51W
08/08/2011 M71.00 MPH OKLAHOMA OK MESONET

0841 PM TSTM WND GST TINKER AIR FORCE BASE 35.42N 97.39W
08/08/2011 M58.00 MPH OKLAHOMA OK ASOS

0844 PM TSTM WND GST TINKER AIR FORCE BASE 35.42N 97.39W
08/08/2011 M63.00 MPH OKLAHOMA OK ASOS

0855 PM TSTM WND GST TINKER AIR FORCE BASE 35.42N 97.39W
08/08/2011 M64.00 MPH OKLAHOMA OK ASOS

Tornado.... lol Joke, right?

Tornado.... lol Joke, right?

Not a joke. But I did misread the LSR.

0858 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW HASKELL 35.79N 95.71W
08/08/2011 MUSKOGEE OK BROADCAST MEDIA

BARN DAMAGED...SAME BARN WAS DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO ON
MAY 24TH...WIND ESTIMATED 80 MPH.

Eh it has been a long day.

Only in Oklahoma

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We live in the NW part of the city. NW of Lake Hefner. Almost every power line on Rockwell between 122nd and Memorial Road was down across Rockwell last night. We lost power about 8:00pm and it came back on around 4:00am. God Bless those OG&E guys and the work they do to restore power. We had about a half inch of rain in the rain gauge this morning.

Also on May between britton and hefner there were several power poles snapped in half.

We live in the NW part of the city. NW of Lake Hefner. Almost every power line on Rockwell between 122nd and Memorial Road was down across Rockwell last night. We lost power about 8:00pm and it came back on around 4:00am. God Bless those OG&E guys and the work they do to restore power. We had about a half inch of rain in the rain gauge this morning.

Same here around 50th and May area... Lost power a little after 8 and came back on around 3:45... made for a hot night trying to sleep.

Same here around 50th and May area... Lost power a little after 8 and came back on around 3:45... made for a hot night trying to sleep.

Are you okay? I know how it feel trying to sleep in the Oklahoma's unique Heat Wave.

So a nice though...chance of storms over at least the next 5 days. Let it soak in. The thought...the rain will probably just run off, but it's something. LOL

Tonight we do have a slight risk of severe storms in North Central OK for a complex developing in NE & KS right now. Also some severe storms erupting out in the TX Panhandle could move into Western OK.

Wednesday looks like a more widespread severe weather day with MCS activity moving through. Could see a more widespread damaging wind event, but nothing too high end the way it appears now.

SPC Outlook for Wednesday:

...SRN PLAINS ACROSS THE MS VALLEY...
AS A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH CROSSES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION
TODAY...THE DEEP-LAYER FRONTAL ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL
SETTLE FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST. THE FRONT IS
FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM THE OH VALLEY WWD TO KS AND ADJACENT AREAS
OF THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. LIFT ACROSS THE WRN
EXTENSION OF THE FRONT WILL BE ENHANCED/STRENGTHENED EARLY IN THE
PERIOD BY BOTH NOCTURNAL MAXIMUM IN PLAINS LLJ AND QG FORCING AIDED
BY A LOW AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE TROUGH SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE GREAT
PLAINS.

THUS...EXPECT A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO BE ONGOING WITHIN THE ZONE OF
ENHANCED MASS/MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND ISENTROPIC LIFT NEAR AND NORTH
OF FRONT ACROSS KS/NEB EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS ACTIVITY COULD SERVE TO
REINFORCE THE DEEP-LAYER FRONTAL ZONE AS STRONG WARM SECTOR
DESTABILIZATION COMMENCED WITH HEATING OF THE DAY ACROSS OK/TX/AR.

LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT MCS ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND WEAK SURFACE REFLECTION ON THE FRONT
SPREAD EAST. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT
AND WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS CONVECTIVE
INHIBITION IS OVERCOME BY HEATING/MIXING AND PERSISTENT CONVERGENCE
NEAR FRONT AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. EXPECT A MIXED MODE OF
STORM TYPES ACROSS THE SLGT RISK AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR A MORE
ORGANIZED FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL
MAY EVOLVE FROM NRN OK/SERN KS EAST ACROSS THE OZARKS TOWARD WRN TN
THROUGH THE DAY/EVENING WHERE A BELT OF STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW IS
FORECAST TO EXIST COINCIDENT WITH THE LOW AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE
TROUGH. TO THE SOUTH OF THESE AREAS...ON THE SRN FRINGE OF STRONGER
FLOW ALOFT...WEAKER EFFECTIVE SHEAR AND INVERTED-V PROFILES IN THE
STRONGLY HEATED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL SUPPORT MORE PULSE AND
MULTICELLULAR CONVECTION POSING MAINLY A DAMAGING WIND THREAT INTO
THE EVENING.

The storms were hard on some people, last night, but in my neck of the woods, the amazing lightning, north wind, rain (just over a quarter inch) and thunder were exhilarating.

The way the wind and rain were swirling around in my neighborhood yesterday evening, I expected Jim Cantore to show up and report. It looked like a friggin' hurricane.

The way the wind and rain were swirling around in my neighborhood yesterday evening, I expected Jim Cantore to show up and report. It looked like a friggin' hurricane.

When the gust front came through, it just about knocked the dog over. The wind was swirling so hard I felt like a rat going down the drain for a little while.

Fast forward a bit...all of this is based on 18Z GFS today, which I normally don't like the odd hour runs, but whatever. This is just a glance of what MAY happen. So here we go. Temps will bounce around a lot going forward. If you are in mostly cloudy and rainy conditions, you may be stuck in the 80s. If you have pure sun, 95 to 105 appears to be the rule. With moisture increasing and this new pattern setting up, the 110+ should be moderated a lot.

Thursday - Scattered strong to severe storms over most of Oklahoma. A complex could develop in the late evening in TX and Western OK that could bring very heavy rain and damaging winds.

Friday - Overnight MCS could still be on going with heavy rain rough west of I-35 and south of I-40 by early afternoon. Mostly dry elsewhere except for some sporadic popups.

Saturday - Isolated/Scattered storms around.

Sunday - Appears dry.

Monday - Slight chance of storms out west, but increasing risk of a complex developing in the late evening/overnight.

Tuesday - MCS will move east into Western OK early to around I-35 by Noon before dying out. Evening storms could fire along the outflow in Central OK and a new complex develop in KS/NW OK overnight.

Wednesday - Scattered storms in the Western half of OK during the first half of the day. Slight chance North and Northeast afternoon and evening.

Thursday 8/18 - Storms appear more widespread. Could have heavy rain in NE OK, light amounts back to the west...mainly along and north of I-40 early. Chances going up along I-44 late in the evening.

Friday 8/19 - Storms scattered, some light to moderate rain almost statewide.

Saturday 8/20 - Some isolated storms, not as much.

Sunday 8/21 - Chance of storms far NW OK, dry elsewhere.

Monday 8/22 - Chance of storms statewide.

Tuesday 8/23 - Chance of storms Central & West.

Wednesday 8/24 - Storms mostly northern half with a complex moving out of KS.

Thursday 8/25 - Chance of storms statewide.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 761
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1025 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL TO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1025 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

WIDELY SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS
ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
WIDELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL TO 1.0 INCH IN DIAMETER

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 757...WW 758...WW
759...WW 760...

DISCUSSION...HIGH-BASED TSTMS THAT FORMER EARLIER IN THE TX
PANHANDLE HAVE MOVED/PROPAGATED E INTO WRN OK. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
ENCOUNTER INCREASING LOW LVL MOISTURE WITH EWD EXTENT...ESPECIALLY
IN THE SRN HALF OF THE STATE. AT THE SAME TIME...SUPERCELL
CLUSTER/POSSIBLE DEVELOPING MCS IN CNTRL KS SHOULD CONTINUE STEADILY
SSEWD. COUPLED WITH STRENGTHENING OF SSWLY LLJ...SETUP APPEARS
FAVORABLE FOR SPORADIC INSTANCES OF DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL
WITH WRN OK ACTIVITY...AND PERHAPS A SOMEWHAT MORE WIDESPREAD WIND
THREAT EARLY WED OVER PARTS OF N CNTRL/NE OK.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 29030.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH PROBABILITIES FOR WS 0761 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1027 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

WS 0761
PROBABILITY TABLE:
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : <05%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /F2-F5/ TORNADOES : <02%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 30%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 65 KNOTS : 30%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 20%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : <05%
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 70%

&&
ATTRIBUTE TABLE:
MAX HAIL /INCHES/ : 1.0
MAX WIND GUSTS SURFACE /KNOTS/ : 60
MAX TOPS /X 100 FEET/ : 550
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR /DEGREES AND KNOTS/ : 29030
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION : NO

&&
FOR A COMPLETE GEOGRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE WATCH AND WATCH EXPIRATION INFORMATION SEE WOUS64 FOR WOU1.

Here is the earlier discussion on what is going on...

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1926
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1002 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OK...NW TX NEAR RED RIVER.

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 100302Z - 100430Z

WW MAY BE REQUIRED TO COVER POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SVR OUTFLOW
FROM WRN OK CONVECTION...AND/OR POTENTIAL SE AND DOWNSHEAR FROM SVR
TSTMS IN CENTRAL KS.

SVR TSTM WINDS HAVE BEEN MEASURED AT W TX MESONET SITE NW CDS...AS
WELL AS 50 KT FROM SEPARATE TSTM BAND AT OK MESONET SITE IN ROGER
MILLS COUNTY. ALTHOUGH CONVECTIVE BAND OVER WRN OK IS LOCATED WELL
BEHIND ITS OWN GUST FRONT...REFLECTIVITY HAS BEEN
INCREASING...LIKELY RELATED AT LEAST IN PART TO FORCED ASCENT TO LFC
OF INCREASINGLY MOIST AIR MASS WITH EWD EXTENT ATOP OUTFLOW POOL.
THIS MAY HELP TO MAINTAIN COLD-POOL GENERATION AND POTENTIAL FOR
STG-SVR GUSTS. ACTIVITY IS FOCUSED INVOF DIFFUSE/RESIDUAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY THAT IS LIFTING NWD ACROSS SWRN OK..AND WHICH STILL
REPRESENTS RELATIVE MIN IN MLCINH BASED ON MODIFIED RAOBS AND RUC
SOUNDINGS. ALTHOUGH OUN RAOB INDICATED WEAK LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
ACROSS CENTRAL OK...ELY COMPONENT OF LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL ADVECT
GREATER MOISTURE CONTENT WWD WITH TIME ACROSS THIS
REGION...SUPPORTING POTENTIAL FOR MAINTENANCE BOTH OF CONVECTING
OVER WRN OK AND TSTMS MOVING SEWD FROM KS. DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE MARKEDLY WITH NEWD EXTENT AND PROXIMITY TO
FETCH OF NWLY FLOW ALOFT...WITH CURRENT MAGNITUDES RANGING FROM 25
KT OVER SWRN OK TO 55 KT NEAR KS/OK BORDER.

..EDWARDS.. 08/10/2011

Bulletin - immediate broadcast requested
severe thunderstorm warning
national weather service norman ok
1147 pm cdt tue aug 9 2011

the national weather service in norman has issued a

* severe thunderstorm warning for...
Southern canadian county in central oklahoma...
Northern grady county in central oklahoma...
Eastern caddo county in southwest oklahoma...

* until 1230 am cdt

* at 1147 pm cdt...national weather service radar indicated a severe
thunderstorm 4 miles west of minco...moving east at 25 mph.

Hazards in the warning include...
Wind gusts to 65 mph...

* locations in the warning include bridge creek...cogar...minco...
Mustang...tuttle...union city and western oklahoma city.

Bulletin - immediate broadcast requested
severe thunderstorm warning
national weather service norman ok
1218 am cdt wed aug 10 2011

the national weather service in norman has issued a

* severe thunderstorm warning for...
Eastern canadian county in central oklahoma...
Oklahoma county in central oklahoma...

* until 100 am cdt

* at 1218 am cdt...national weather service radar indicated severe
thunderstorms along a line extending from piedmont to southwestern
oklahoma city...moving east at 25 mph.

Hazards in the warning include...
Wind gusts to 60 mph...

* locations in the warning include arcadia...bethany...choctaw...del
city...edmond...forest park...jones...lake aluma...midwest city...
Mustang...nichols hills...nicoma park...oklahoma city...piedmont...
Richland...spencer...the village...tinker air force base...valley
brook...warr acres and yukon.

Bulletin - immediate broadcast requested
severe thunderstorm warning
national weather service norman ok
1226 am cdt wed aug 10 2011

the national weather service in norman has issued a

* severe thunderstorm warning for...
Eastern kingfisher county in central oklahoma...
Logan county in central oklahoma...

* until 100 am cdt

* at 1226 am cdt...national weather service radar indicated severe
thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles southwest of
lovell to 6 miles west of cashion...moving east at 40 mph.

Hazards in the warning include...
Wind gusts to 60 mph...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning...

* locations in the warning include cashion...cedar valley...cimarron
city...crescent...guthrie...lovell...mulhall...nav ina and seward.

Starting to enter the rainy season, must mean autumn is near...

Venture, I'm sad the chat is not active. :-(

...loss of power near Lake Hefner -- hooray for battery backup internet. "Thanks, AT&T!" (laptop's fully charged)

Some extreme wind on radar up in Northern Oklahoma County and Southern Logan County.

Bulletin - immediate broadcast requested
severe thunderstorm warning
national weather service norman ok
1258 am cdt wed aug 10 2011

the national weather service in norman has issued a

* severe thunderstorm warning for...
Western lincoln county in central oklahoma...
Logan county in central oklahoma...
Northern oklahoma county in central oklahoma...
Southwestern payne county in central oklahoma...

* until 145 am cdt

* at 1258 am cdt...national weather service radar indicated severe
thunderstorms along a line extending from guthrie to 4 miles north
of arcadia to spencer...moving east at 40 mph.

Hazards in the warning include...
Wind gusts to 60 mph...

* locations in the warning include arcadia...carney...cedar valley...
Coyle...edmond...forest park...guthrie...jones...lake aluma...
Langston...luther...meridian...northeastern oklahoma city...
Perkins...seward...spencer...tryon...warwick and wellston.

Outlooks from SPC...cleaned up a bit to remove the portions that don't mean anything to OK.

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1257 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2011

VALID 101200Z - 111200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM SERN KS/ERN OK EWD INTO
THE SRN APPALACHIANS...

...SYNOPSIS...
ONLY MINOR CHANGES EXPECTED IN THE LARGE SCALE UPPER PATTERN THIS
PERIOD...WITH A FLAT RIDGE OVER THE S CENTRAL AND SWRN STATES...VERY
WEAK TROUGHING OVER THE NW...AND TROUGHING OVER THE EAST.

AT THE SURFACE...A BAROCLINIC ZONE IS FORECAST TO LIE NNW-SSE ALONG
THE HIGH PLAINS...AND THEN MORE EWD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS/MID LOWER
MS VALLEY AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS BOUNDARY WILL COINCIDE WITH
A ZONE OF CONVECTIVE/LOW-END SEVERE POTENTIAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

...SERN KS/ERN OK EWD INTO THE MID MS/TN VALLEYS...
SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT FORECAST ACROSS THIS REGION IN TERMS OF
DETAILS...AS WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ONGOING FROM NEB SWD INTO OK WILL
BE SHIFTING INTO THE SLIGHT RISK AREA EARLY IN THE PERIOD.
PRESUMING AMPLE DESTABILIZATION CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LINGERING
CONVECTION...STORMS SHOULD REINTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON -- AIDED
BY MODERATE WLY/WNWLY FLOW ALOFT.

STORMS SHOULD SHIFT EWD/ESEWD WITH TIME...MOVING ACROSS THE
MID/LOWER MS VALLEY INTO THE TN VALLEY...BEFORE WEAKENING DURING THE
EVENING INTO THE SRN APPALACHIANS. IN THE MEAN TIME...THREATS FOR
HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SLIGHT
RISK AREA.

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DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1230 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2011

VALID 111200Z - 121200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER A PORTION OF THE NRN AND
CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER A PORTION OF THE SRN
PLAINS THROUGH LOWER MS VALLEY...

..SYNOPSIS...

THE ERN U.S. UPPER TROUGH WILL DEAMPLIFY SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY WITH A

CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRESSIVE QUASI-ZONAL FLOW REGIME. SHORTWAVE
TROUGH NOW MOVING INTO SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL REACH THE NRN HIGH
PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY A COLD FRONT.
QUASI-STATIONARY BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL PERSIST FROM THE SERN STATES
INTO THE SRN PLAINS OF EXTREME NRN TX OR SRN OK.

...SRN ROCKIES...SRN PLAINS THROUGH LOWER MS VALLEY AREAS...

STORMS WILL LIKELY ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF CONVECTIVELY
REINFORCED BAROCLINIC ZONE FROM NRN TX OR OK EWD INTO THE LOWER MS
VALLEY REGION AS WELL AS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NM AND SRN CO.
MUCH OF THIS REGION WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE STRONGER FLOW
ALOFT...BUT STEEP LAPSE AND INVERTED-V PROFILES WILL SUPPORT A
THREAT OF ISOLATED DOWNBURSTS. OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
ACROSS OK OR KS INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY AS THE LLJ STRENGTHENS
RESULTING IN INCREASING LIFT NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY.