Monday, July 8th 2024, 6:06 am
Early Monday morning, a few scattered showers and storms are expected near a weak mid-level front draped across part of NE OK. Most of this activity should dissipate during the early morning hours.
Afternoon temperatures will stay in the mid-80s under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
Monday night, rain will begin to move into parts of the eastern sections of the state, influenced by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. This will result in temperatures staying below average on Tuesday, followed by a return of above average temperatures this weekend with increasing heat index values.
A mid-level front located near and south of the metro area will bring scattered showers and storms for the next few hours, with no severe weather expected. A weak MCV may also be located across part of southcentral Oklahoma.
Hurricane Beryl, making landfall along the Texas coast, will move northeast early Monday morning. Its remnant low will move into part of the ArkLaTex region by tonight, accelerating into central Arkansas by Tuesday morning. Moisture from this system will impact southeastern to east-central Oklahoma as it approaches. While the metro will stay on the northwest side of the system, we may still experience a few bands of scattered storms Monday afternoon and early evening.
A flood watch has been issued for parts of southeastern and far east-central Oklahoma into western Arkansas from Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning with 2 to 3 inches of rain likely with some localized amounts from 4 to 6 inches. The path of the remnant low may shift, potentially altering some of the rainfall projections. The Tulsa metro is not included in the flood watch.
After the system departs Tuesday morning to afternoon, the chance of precipitation will diminish. Mid-level ridging will return from the west, and afternoon temperatures are expected to rise into the lower to mid-90s later this week and into the weekend, with heat index values possibly reaching or exceeding 100 degrees by the weekend.
EMSA HEAT SAFETY TIPS:
Friday-Saturday will be quiet, but more storms are coming in for late Sunday which will increase our chances of a few strong to severe storms during that time frame.
Northeast Oklahoma has various power companies and electric co-operatives, many with overlapping areas of coverage. Below is a link to various outage maps.
Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) Outage Map
Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Outage Map - (Note Several Smaller Co-ops Included)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/03KuCPYyb4hNFyC42Yo6Bt
The Alan Crone morning weather podcast link from Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weather-out-the-door/id1499556141?i=1000656145416
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