Expires:201409110500;;516209 ASUS64 KOUN 110113 RTPOK OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-110500- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 800 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 A STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA HAD MOVED INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... REACHING THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO BY NOONTIME. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BOUNDARY... THE SKIES WERE SUNNY WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS NEAR THE BOUNDARY... WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT... THE SKIES WERE OVERCAST WITH NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH... AND GUSTS AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THE COOLER AIR LAGGED SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY... WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S... GENERALLY WEST AND NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER... AHEAD OF THE FRONT... MOIST AND HOT AIR REMAINED IN PLACE FOR ONE MORE DAY... WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. SOME AREAS SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER DID REACH TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES... WITH A HIGH OF 101 DEGREES AT WICHITA FALLS. BY 2 PM... SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW WEAK EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA... EVENTUALLY SPREADING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. BY 5 PM... SHOWERS AND UP TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGAN FIRING UP ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT PUSHED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA... WITH SMALL HAIL REPORTED IN ARDMORE. ONE OF THE STORMS DID INTENSIFY TO MARGINALLY SEVERE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. AT 8 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FIRE UP ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. BEHIND THE FRONT... MIDLEVEL CLOUDINESS WAS KEEPING THE SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... TO CLEAR SKIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT... AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR WAS BEGINNING TO FILTER IN. THE TEMPERATURES HAD SO FAR FALLEN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ACROSS MOST OF OUR REGION... TO THE UPPER 60S NEAR THE KANSAS STATE LINE. HOWEVER JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... THE TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 90 DEGREES. $$