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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  

1005 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001    



SKIES WERE OVERCAST ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA DURING 

THE NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN FELL ON PARTS OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE 

AND OVER EXTREME WESTERN OKLAHOMA. PARTS OF WOODWARD AND ELLIS 

COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA HAD OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN BY THIS 

MORNING. HAMMON OKLAHOMA REPORTED 3.93 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. 

OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE MOSTLY IN THE 60S WITH SOME MID TO UPPER 50S FOR 

LOWS REPORTED OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. 



AT MID MORNING...A WIDE AREA OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...EXTENDED FROM 

SOUTHWEST KANSAS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST TEXAS. 

SHOWERS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FROM SULPHUR TO 

ARDMORE AND POINTS SOUTH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM MOST OF THE ACTIVITY 

WERE LIGHT...WITH JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH 

REPORTED. HOWEVER...THE ACTIVITY OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN 

AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA HAD HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES. SURFACE WINDS 

WERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR OVER ALL BUT THE 

NORTHWEST AREAS...AND THE PANHANDLES OF OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS...WHERE 

WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.



THE THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWER ACTIVITY TO THE WEST WAS BEING PRODUCED 

BY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NEW MEXICO. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD AND PRODUCE WAVES OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. WHILE THE 

STORM ACTIVITY WILL BE WIDESPREAD...IT WILL NOT BE CONTINUOUS. THERE 

WILL BE BREAKS IN THE RAINFALL ACTIVITY AS EACH WAVES PASSES TROUGH 

THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY DEPENDING OF THE INDIVIDUAL 

STORMS AND STORM TRACKS...RANGING FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO OVER AN 

INCH. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND TONIGHT AND KEEP 

TEMPERATURES ON THE MODERATE SIDE WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S OVER MUCH OF 

THE AREA AND 60S OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. 



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518

AWUS84 KOUN 041507

AWSOKC

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  

1005 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001    



SKIES WERE OVERCAST ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA DURING 

THE NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN FELL ON PARTS OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE 

AND OVER EXTREME WESTERN OKLAHOMA. PARTS OF WOODWARD AND ELLIS 

COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA HAD OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN BY THIS 

MORNING. HAMMON OKLAHOMA REPORTED 3.93 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. 

OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE MOSTLY IN THE 60S WITH SOME MID TO UPPER 50S FOR 

LOWS REPORTED OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. 



AT MID MORNING...A WIDE AREA OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...EXTENDED FROM 

SOUTHWEST KANSAS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST TEXAS. 

SHOWERS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FROM SULPHUR TO 

ARDMORE AND POINTS SOUTH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM MOST OF THE ACTIVITY 

WERE LIGHT...WITH JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH 

REPORTED. HOWEVER...THE ACTIVITY OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN 

AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA HAD HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES. SURFACE WINDS 

WERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR OVER ALL BUT THE 

NORTHWEST AREAS...AND THE PANHANDLES OF OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS...WHERE 

WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.



THE THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWER ACTIVITY TO THE WEST WAS BEING PRODUCED 

BY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NEW MEXICO. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD AND PRODUCE WAVES OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. WHILE THE 

STORM ACTIVITY WILL BE WIDESPREAD...IT WILL NOT BE CONTINUOUS. THERE 

WILL BE BREAKS IN THE RAINFALL ACTIVITY AS EACH WAVES PASSES TROUGH 

THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY DEPENDING OF THE INDIVIDUAL 

STORMS AND STORM TRACKS...RANGING FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO OVER AN 

INCH. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND TONIGHT AND KEEP 

TEMPERATURES ON THE MODERATE SIDE WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S OVER MUCH OF 

THE AREA AND 60S OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. 



$$

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