NWS Dense Fog Advisory

Oklahoma Watches and Warnings
National Weather Service Zone - OKZ025
OUNNPWOUNWWUS74 KOUN 190712NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK112 AM CST MON NOV 19 2007OKZ006>008-011>013-015>020-022>032-035>048-050>052-TXZ085-086-088>090-191500-/O.NEW.KOUN.FG.Y.0011.071119T0712Z-071119T1500Z/ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-WILBARGER-WICHITA-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA112 AM CST MON NOV 19 2007

DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.VERY HUMID AIR HAS MOVED INTO MUCH OF OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD FOG. FROM TIME TO TIME MANY LOCATIONS WILL HAVE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

Iowa May See A Thanksgiving Day Snow Fall

A friend of mine from Iowa is hearing that there may be snow in his neck of
the woods this Thanksgiving. Here's his comment below.

Well, reading the latest outlook from Des Moines there could be several
inches of
snow starting Wednesday going into Thanksgiving day. The most likely area
to get
it is along and south east of a line from Bedford through Aims to Waterloo.
This
would include Des Moines. Further info as it's issued from the weather
service

IBS Staff Member Recognized For Volunteer Weather Observations

I received this from a friend of mine living in Iowa.

IBS Staff Member Recognized
Ida Higgins, paraeducator at Iowa Braille, was honored for her contributions
by the
National Weather Service Volunteer Program.
Recognizing 26 years of service to America, NOAA's National Weather Service
recently
named Ida Higgins a 2006 recipient of the agency's John Campanius
Holm Award for outstanding service in the Cooperative Weather Observer
Program. Named
for a Lutheran minister who was the first person known to have taken
systematic weather observations in the American Colonies, the award is the
agency¹s
second most prestigious. Only 25 out of approximately 11,700 volunteers
receive the award each year.
Steve Kuhl, meteorologist in charge of NOAA¹s Quad Cities office in
Davenport presented
the award at a ceremony on August 16 at the Iowa Braille School,
where Ida works as a Paraeducator. Program manager Michael Zenner of the
Quad Cities
office nominated her for the award.
Ida has been a Cooperative Weather Observer in Vinton since May of 1980 and
her observations
serve as a source of weather data for media in Waterloo, Cedar
Rapids and Oelwein.
General David Johnson, NWS Director in Washington D.C. states, "Cooperative
Observers
are the bedrock of weather data collection and analysis. Satellites,
high speed computers, mathematical models and other technological
breakthroughs have
brought great benefits to the Nation in terms of better forecasts
and warnings. But without the century-long accumulation of weather
observations taken
by volunteer observers, scientists could not begin to adequately
describe the climate of the United States. We cannot thank Mrs. Higgins
enough for
her years of service to America."

Freeze Expected

National Weather Service Zone - OKZ025
OUNNPWOUNWWUS74 KOUN 160304NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK904 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007

A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.OKZ020-025>032-039>042-045-046-050-161115-/O.EXB.KOUN.FZ.W.0010.071116T0304Z-071116T1300Z/PAYNE-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...
HOLDENVILLE...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...MARIETT

A904 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007

FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST FRIDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING.WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST FRIDAY.A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO ARKANSAS AND TEXAS OVERNIGHT. LIGHT WINDS NEAR THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO FALL RAPIDLY THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW THE TEMPERATURES TO STOP FALLING AS QUICKLY OR BECOME MORE STEADY. BUT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN... CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND VALLEYS. IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA...TEMPERATURES IN THE URBAN AREAS MAY STAY ABOVE FREEZING... BUT LOW LYING AND RURAL AREAS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

NWS Norman, OK Forecast/Freeze Warning

920 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007.

UPDATE...THE SURFACE WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING WITH THE ONSET OF DECOUPLING... ALTHOUGH A FEW GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WERE STILL EVIDENT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE MAIN SHORT TERM QUESTION CONTINUES TO BE HOW FAR EAST THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL REACH OVERNIGHT. WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST FAVORABLE AREAS. HAVE EXTENDED THE COLDER TEMPERATURES FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AS THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS SHOULD BE JUST WEST OF THE AREA BY MORNING. WE ALSO COOLED TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH A BIT MORE BASED ON CURRENT TEMP TRENDS. THIS RESULTED IN THE ADDITION OF PAYNE COUNTY TO THE FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT.AS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... CLEAR SKIES AND LOW DEWPOINTS POINT TO A COLD NIGHT... HOWEVER... A MITIGATING FACTOR COULD BE THE WINDS. ALTHOUGH SURFACE WINDS HAVE DECREASED... ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... THE SURFACE TO 1KM AVERAGE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN AOA 20 KTS THROUGH MORNING... SUGGESTING MODERATED WINDS CONTINUING JUST OFF THE SURFACE. IT APPEARS THAT TURBULENT MIXING MAY HOLD TEMPS UP A BIT MORE OVERNIGHT... AND THUS FAR... THE RATE OF COOLING HAS BEEN SLOWER IN THESE AREAS. HOWEVER... WOULD NOT RULE OUT A FEW PROTECTED LOW SPOTS DROPPING TO THE FREEZING MARK BY MORNING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THIS AREA

More Severe Thunderstorm Warnings From Mississippi

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
620 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 620 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES WEST OF LAMONT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCGEHEE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SCOTT BY 635 PM CST...
LAMONT AND WINTERVILLE BY 640 PM CST...
8 MILES SOUTH OF BENOIT BY 645 PM CST...
6 MILES NORTH OF METCALFE BY 650 PM CST...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
556 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ITTA BENA...GREENWOOD...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 556 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES WEST OF SUNNYSIDE...OR ABOUT NEAR RULEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SUNNYSIDE BY 610 PM CST...
MONEY BY 620 PM CST...
JUST NORTH OF GREENWOOD BY 625 PM CST...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY...
AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PACE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF ROSEDALE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTH OF MOUND BAYOU BY 605 PM CST...

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings From Mississippi

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
507 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROSEDALE...CLEVELAND...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 507 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROSEDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RENOVA...CLEVELAND AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF MOUND BAYOU BY 540 PM
CST...
BOYLE BY 545 PM CST...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY...
AT 514 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BEULAH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PACE BY 530 PM CST...
RENOVA...MERIGOLD AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF MOUND BAYOU BY 540 PM CST...
CLEVELAND AND BOYLE BY 545 PM CST...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
548 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROSEDALE...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 548 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROSEDALE...AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTH OF MOUND BAYOU BY 605 PM CST...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.