The strong storm system that is bringing snow to Colorado will bring the chance for thunderstorms this afternoon to Oklahoma. Here is the risk for severe weather:



It is already warm and humid, and isolated thunderstorms will develop along the dry line this afternoon. The storms will move very quickly to the northeast, so even if storms form in central Oklahoma, they will quickly move away. There is a chance that the storms wait to form until the dryline is already in eastern Oklahoma.... so the bottom line is, there is a small chance for an afternoon thunderstorm, but if a storm does develop, it will likely become severe.

The main threats today are strong winds and hail. Along the warm front in northern Oklahoma there will be enough wind shear for isolated tornadoes.

After the cold front moves through this evening, strong winds will bring in cooler weather and end our thunderstorm threat.


-Frank