040
FXUS64 KTSA 070031
AFDTSA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
731 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..NEW UPDATE
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 729 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
- SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND.
- SPOTTY SHOWER AND ISOLATED STORM CHANCES CONTINUE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY BEFORE CLEARING OUT FRIDAY NIGHT. A FAIR WEATHER
WEEKEND IS IN STORE.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 729 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOSTLY DIMINISHED FOR THE TIME
BEING. EASTERLY WIND CONTINUES BEHIND THE MCS, BUT GUSTS ARE
GENERALLY BELOW 25 MPH AT THIS POINT. THE GOING FORECAST APPEARS
TO BE ON TRACK WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXPECTED
TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BUT GENERALLY
REMAINING RATHER WEAK OVERALL.
SHORT TERM
(TONIGHT THRU WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 222 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
A BAND OF RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST BY
EVENING. WITH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ENDING BEHIND THIS
PRECIP, THE INTENT IS TO CANCEL THE FLOOD WATCH EARLY. THERE HAS
BEEN HINTS IN PREVIOUS HRRR RUNS OF SOME SPOTTY WAKE LOW GUSTY
WINDS OCCURRING BEHIND THE PRECIP, MUCH LIKE WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN
WESTERN OK EARLIER (40-45 MPH GUSTS). HOWEVER, RECENT MESONET OBS
TO OUR WEST HAVE TRENDED DOWN WITH GUST STRENGTH, SO WHILE WINDS
MAY STILL GET GUSTY IN SPOTS BEHIND THE PRECIP, IT WILL PROBABLY
NOT BE A BIG DEAL. THERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY
TONIGHT ACROSS NE OK IN ADVANCE OF UPPER LOW, WITH A FEW RUMBLES
OF THUNDER POSSIBLE.
AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY, THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED
TO TRACK EAST ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER REGION. THE LATEST DATA
SUGGESTS THAT SBCAPE WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN OK AS THE COLDER
TEMPS ALOFT SPREAD OVER THE REGION, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE GET SOME
DAYTIME HEATING. SCATTERED STORMS ARE FORECAST BY THE HRRR ACROSS
NE OK DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON, POTENTIALLY SPREADING
INTO NW AR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE STRONGER FLOW WILL BE
ACROSS SOUTHERN OK, DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT TO YIELD SOME
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.
LACY
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 222 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
THE UPPER LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE MO OZARKS BY THURSDAY.
SHOWER AND ISOLATED STORM CHANCES WERE MAINTAINED, ESPECIALLY IN
THE NORTH AND EAST CLOSER TO THE LOW. THE SYSTEM SHIFTS SOUTH AND
WEST ON FRIDAY WHILE GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO AN OPEN WAVE.
THE HIGHER SHOWER AND ISOLATED STORM CHANCES SHIFT SOUTH AND WEST
AND THEN END BY FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM DROPS DOWN INTO THE
ARKLATEX. THE MODELS TODAY HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE SYSTEM CUTTING
OFF TO OUR SOUTHEAST THIS WEEKEND. THUS, SOME LOW SHOWER CHANCES
WERE KEPT OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM
THRU SUNDAY. WARMER TEMPS AND DRY WEATHER ARE FORECAST FOR THE
START OF NEXT WEEK. A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN COULD BE IN
STORE FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK.
LACY
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 652 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
RAIN SHOWERS FROM THIS AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.
BEHIND THE EXITING RAIN, GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS OF 15-25KT WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO
BEFORE WEAKENING THIS EVENING. ALSO, THIS EVENING, ONGOING MVFR
CEILINGS IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE FORECAST TO
SPREAD OVER THE CWA, WHILE ADDITIONAL SHOWER/STORM CHANCES
CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITHIN THE PRECIP
REDEVELOPMENT, IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING, IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS LOOK TO BECOME COMMON WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR A LULL IN RAIN CHANCES. MID MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS, CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO LIFT BACK TO MVFR AS
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE CWA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE
LOW MOVING OVER THE CWA. WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY SHOULD BECOME MORE
SOUTHERLY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
TUL 57 73 54 70 / 80 50 60 60
FSM 59 79 58 77 / 60 20 30 60
MLC 56 77 54 73 / 50 20 40 50
BVO 54 71 52 69 / 90 70 70 60
FYV 55 74 53 72 / 60 30 40 70
BYV 56 68 55 70 / 70 40 50 80
MKO 58 74 54 71 / 60 30 50 60
MIO 57 67 55 69 / 90 80 70 70
F10 57 74 54 70 / 70 30 50 60
HHW 60 75 56 74 / 50 10 20 30
TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
SHORT TERM...06
LONG TERM....30
AVIATION...20
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