532 WWUS84 KTSA 031804 SPSTUL ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-231100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR A STATIONARY FRONT THAT WILL REMAIN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND ALSO NEAR A SURFACE TROUGH OVER WEST TEXAS. THESE WILL DRIFT TOWARDS EASTERN OKLAHOMA BUT ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY DO. A STORM OR TWO MAY MAKE BRIEFLY ENTER AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 OR MAY DEVELOP ON BOUNDARIES GENERATED BY STORMS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA. ANY STORMS IN THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS BUT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR 80 WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CREATE AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE LACK OF ANY FOCUSING BOUNDARIES...SIGNIFICANT LIFT AND A WEAK CAP ARE EXPECTED TO LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING A GREATER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS OUTLOOK CAN BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA  532 WWUS84 KTSA 031804 SPSTUL ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-231100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR A STATIONARY FRONT THAT WILL REMAIN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND ALSO NEAR A SURFACE TROUGH OVER WEST TEXAS. THESE WILL DRIFT TOWARDS EASTERN OKLAHOMA BUT ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY DO. A STORM OR TWO MAY MAKE BRIEFLY ENTER AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 OR MAY DEVELOP ON BOUNDARIES GENERATED BY STORMS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA. ANY STORMS IN THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS BUT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR 80 WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CREATE AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE LACK OF ANY FOCUSING BOUNDARIES...SIGNIFICANT LIFT AND A WEAK CAP ARE EXPECTED TO LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING A GREATER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS OUTLOOK CAN BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA