Fort Sill Closing Early Due to Severe Weather Forecast
Due to the forecasted severe weather conditions, the commanding general has directed early release of all non-essential personnel no later than 1300 hours, April 26.
Also, Spouse-a-Palooza is cancelled for this evening. It has been rescheduled for May 10.
From the National Weather Service in Norman:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1125 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-271015- HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM- WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON- CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER- WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 1125 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN... CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. LOCATION... THE MODERATE RISK IS EAST OF A LINE FROM CHEROKEE TO LAWTON AND WICHITA FALLS...AND WEST OF HOLDENVILLE AND DURANT. LOCATIONS WEST AND EAST OF THE MODERATE RISK ARE IN AN ENHANCED RISK. TIMING... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE THREAT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR ORGANIZED AND SIGNIFICANT SEVERE STORMS WILL BE AFTER 2 PM THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN STORM INITIATION AREA IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. STORMS WILL THEN MOVE QUICKLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST. IMPACTS... HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS MORNING. GIANT HAIL LARGER THAN BASEBALLS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH AND TORNADOES ARE ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES QUICKLY NORTHWARD OVER THE REGION. A MUCH STRONGER DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING OUT OF WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR INCREASES.
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