Heavy Storms Move Into SE Oklahoma Monday Morning; More Rain Likely This Week

We’re tracking a complex of storms diving out of southwestern Kansas early Monday morning. This activity is likely to continue across northern to central Oklahoma by midday and blossoming into more storms across east-central and southeastern midday to early afternoon.

Strong to severe storms are likely with the primary threat of damaging winds and hail. The tornado threat, while low, is not zero. This activity is likely to develop a convectively induced area of vorticity that may also generate some additional storms later tonight near and south of the I-40 corridor region.

Active Watches & Warnings:

1. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Kay, Lincoln, Noble and Payne County in OK until 12:00pm.

What will the weather be like in Oklahoma on Monday, June 3?

Monday’s highs are expected to be in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Cooler spots may develop locally in areas affected by morning to midday showers and storms. The rest of the week should experience lows in the 60s and highs in the mid to upper 80s.

Humidity levels will stay elevated, but heat index values are projected to remain in the lower to mid 90s for the middle part of the week. Please remain aware of your weather surroundings Monday due to the threat of severe storms.

What are the storm chances for the week in Oklahoma?

Another disturbance is likely to influence the area late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with additional chances from southern Kansas into northern OK.

As the above-mentioned cold front nears the area late Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning, we’ll see a few scattered showers and storms near this boundary but the probability of a larger complex of storms seems low with this initial boundary intrusion into early Thursday morning.

We’ll see warm and humid weather Thursday and Friday before the northwest flow storm train energizes with additional chances into the weekend.

A complex weather pattern is set to develop over the next few days, extending into the weekend, due to upper-level airflow and multiple opportunities for storms in and around the local area.

The prevailing pattern favors the formation of late-night and early-morning storm complexes that will traverse the region, driven by the northwesterly upper-air flow. This pattern’s day-to-day variability will continue, with Monday’s weather influencing Tuesday’s conditions.

Predicting the exact timing and location of these events is challenging due to the pattern’s variability. However, there is growing confidence in the arrival of a surface front (cold front) around Wednesday and Thursday.

Although this boundary is not expected to bring significant temperature changes, it may serve as a catalyst for additional storm activity from Friday into the weekend, in conjunction with the anticipated upper-air flow.

The extended forecast will include storm chances throughout the weekend, with a focus on storm complexes that may pose some severe weather threats, primarily damaging winds, and the potential for heavy local rainfall.

Outages Across Oklahoma:

Northeast Oklahoma has various power companies and electric co-operatives, many with overlapping areas of coverage. Below is a link to various outage maps.

PSO Outage Map

OG&E Outage Map

VVEC Outage Map

Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) Outage Map

Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Outage Map – (Note Several Smaller Co-ops Included)

The Alan Crone morning weather podcast link from Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/03KuCPYyb4hNFyC42Yo6Bt

The Alan Crone morning weather podcast link from Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weather-out-the-door/id1499556141?i=1000656145416

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