Flash Floods Possible As Storms Move Through SE Oklahoma

A robust storm system impacted the world on Thursday with a number of climate hazards, together with the potential for vital extreme climate throughout the far southeastern third of the area.

As the primary upper-level system arrived later Thursday night time, the menace transitions to heavy rain that would end in some localized flooding points.

Flash Flood Warning for Latimer and Le Flore County in OK till 12:45am Friday.

Later tonight into pre-dawn Friday, rain may additionally combine with or change with snowflakes throughout a part of northern OK and southern Kansas with some minor accumulation on grassy areas. Sturdy stress gradient winds can even be probably in a single day and early Friday morning from 30 to close 50 mph at occasions earlier than reducing shortly Friday morning as the primary upper-level system ejects northeast from the world. By Friday afternoon sunshine returns with highs within the 50s.

Just a few scattered storms will turn out to be attainable throughout northeastern OK throughout the subsequent few hours. These will probably be elevated in nature, able to producing some hail and gusty winds. Just a few cells might set off extreme thunderstorm warnings if the hail measurement turns into giant sufficient. This exercise will probably be extremely scattered and can shortly transfer north and northeast. By late morning into early afternoon, the entrance that moved throughout the world yesterday will probably be shifting northwest nearing the Purple River or a part of southeastern OK as a heat entrance. Areas alongside and south of the boundary will turn out to be more and more unstable. The highly effective upper-level system west of the state this morning will probably be drawing nearer with sturdy winds aloft will strategy the area. The mixture of those components will enable scattered thunderstorm growth, probably super-cells able to all modes of extreme climate this afternoon. Areas close to and south of I-40 and east of I-35 will probably be supportive of extra of those storms with the very best probability alongside the Purple River into northeast Texas. Later tonight, a floor low monitoring alongside the Purple River will carry northeast whereas bringing a pacific boundary from the west to east throughout the world. A line of storms will develop with embedded super-cell constructions able to extra extreme climate threats close to or south of the Purple River. By night, extreme threats transfer into Arkansas and east Texas whereas the upper-level system begins to provide heavy rainfall. The colder air aloft nears the area in a single day permitting some rain to vary to or combine with snowflakes, principally throughout far northern sections of the world. Early Friday morning the precipitation will transfer northeast away from the state by Friday noon on the very newest.  

The weekend seems relatively benign in comparison with our climate on Thursday and Friday. Saturday afternoon highs ought to attain the decrease 60s with Sunday nearing the decrease to 70s. Heat and breezy climate will probably be probably Monday with afternoon highs within the mid to higher 70s earlier than one other chilly entrance enters the state Tuesday with a slight probability for showers or storms. Most knowledge assist one other cool-down Tuesday with reinforcing cool air arriving for the rest of subsequent week with afternoon highs within the higher 40s and decrease 50s.

Thanks for studying the Thursday morning climate dialogue and weblog. 

Please stay conscious of your climate environment as this storm system impacts the world. 

Alan Crone

KOTV