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EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

600 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...



SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS 

MORNING WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO WEST TEXAS BY LATE TONIGHT.  A COLD 

FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW WILL REMAIN NORTH AND WEST OF 

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH DAYBREAK.  



GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COUPLED WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS 

WILL ONCE AGAIN LEAD TO A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS EASTERN 

OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON.  THE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT /OKCFWMTUL/ 

GIVES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE FIRE DANGER THREAT TODAY. 



WHILE THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTHWEST OF THE AREA 

THROUGH THE NIGHT...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DRIFT INTO 

PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...GENERALLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF 

TULSA...TOWARD MORNING.  STORMS THAT FORM ALONG THE FRONT WILL 

LIKELY DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE AREA...BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT 

CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS WILL REACH THE AREA.  ANY STORMS THAT DO 

REACH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BE WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.