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AWUS84 KTSA 090201
RWSTSA
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
854 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
SKIES BECAME MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE NORTH...WHILE SKIES REMAINED
MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDY SKIES WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS
THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMED OUT AHEAD OF THIS
BOUNDARY AND MOVED INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL TOTALS WERE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH AND LESS NEAR THE
OKLAHOMA KANSAS BOARDER. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON REACHED
INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S THROUGH OUT THE REGION.
BY MID EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR TO
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES SEEN ACROSS THE SOUTH. WINDS FOR MOST LOCATIONS
WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH. THE RAINFALL HAD COOLED TEMPERATURES
TO THE LOWER 70S IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHILE LOWER 80S WERE
COMMON ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE INTO AND THROUGH THE REGION ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
THIS WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
LOOK TO GET INTO THE UPPER 60S FOR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO THE LOWER
70S FOR THE REST OF THE REGION. TOMORROW TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK
UP INTO THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
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