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March 26, 2009

<b>Hazardous Weather outlook</b>

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

121 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009



ADAIR, CHEROKEE, CHOCTAW, CRAIG, CREEK, DELAWARE, HASKELL, LATIMER, LE FLORE, MAYES, MCINTOSH, MUSKOGEE, NOWATA, OKFUSKEE, OKMULGEE, OSAGE, OTTAWA, PAWNEE, PITTSBURG, PUSHMATAHA, ROGERS, SEQUOYAH, TULSA, WAGONER, WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA.

POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

COMBINATION OF NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT AND COOLING ALOFT WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME INCREASING NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHILE MAINLY ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A LARGE HAIL THREAT IS MOST LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...SURFACE BASED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE WARM FRONT MAKES ITS WAY NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WHILE TORNADOES ARE NOT LIKELY...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO BRIEF FLASH FLOODING.

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