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FPUS74 KOUN 091314
NOWOUN

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
714 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091400-
ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN-
CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LOVE-MAJOR-MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
714 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...

EARLY THIS MORNING...SEVERAL WEATHER FEATURES ARE PRESENT ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO... 
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... AND 
ONWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. A MILD AND HUMID AIRMASS IS PRESENT 
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. MEANWHILE... THE CENTER OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM 
SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST TEXAS TOWARD ARKANSAS AND FAR 
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED 
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA IN AN AREA OF 
ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THESE STORMS...EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS FROM 
ARNETT AND WOODWARD...NORTHEAST TO BUFFALO... WAYNOKA... ALVA AND 
CHEROKEE...WILL MOSTLY PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. HOWEVER... 
ISOLATED AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR. STEADY LIGHT RAIN HAS 
FALLEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN WOODWARD 
COUNTY...AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY BE POSSIBLE... 
INCLUDING HIGHWAY 412 BETWEEN MOORELAND AND QUINLAN.

FOG IS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. 
THOUGH VISIBILITY MOSTLY PREVAILED AT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE MILES AT 
7 AM... VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OCCASIONALLY DOWN TO BETWEEN ONE 
QUARTER AND ONE HALF MILE MAY BE SEEN FROM WOODWARD AND 
ARNETT...SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH CLINTON...HOBART OKLAHOMA...AND 
VERNON TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION OF INTERSTATE 40 ACROSS 
WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

FINALLY...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND VERY LIGHT RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTING THROUGH TEXAS MAY AFFECT AREAS OF 
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING.

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TAYLOR