Weather Blog: Election Day Starts Cool With Scattered Showers

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Monday, November 4th 2024, 10:51 pm

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. -

Tuesday is Election Day and if you're heading to the polls early, be sure to check the forecast for your chance for showers.

Rain will continue on and off into Tuesday morning, especially from Highway 75 eastward.

Temperatures will start in the 40s and 50s. By midday, a cold front will push the rain out as it moves moisture eastward. Afternoon highs will reach the low 60s, though some areas northwest of Tulsa may see highs only in the 50s.

Expect Wednesday morning lows in the 30s and 40s, warming to the 60s by afternoon with some sunshine.

Another storm system will move in Thursday night, bringing increased rain chances for central and western Oklahoma with showers and storms.

Highs will remain in the 60s, with southeastern Oklahoma potentially reaching the low 70s.

Rain chances will increase later in the day Thursday, with a low severe weather threat but the potential for a few stronger storms by Friday into Friday night.

As fall continues, we’ll have cooler mornings in the 40s and 50s and afternoon highs mostly in the 60s through the weekend.

Rain chances return Friday into the early part of the weekend, with a brief warm-up into the 70s expected for a few days next week.

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Strong storms moved across the state on Monday with tornadoes, heavy rain, and strong winds, and some hail.

As of 8 p.m., all watches and warnings in the state have expired.

A confirmed tornado moved quickly northeast over Lake Tenkiller and to Cookson around 3 pm. Chief Meteorologist Travis Meyer said this will track up toward Keys and eventually Tahlequah.

In Rogers County, a possible tornado left behind damage near Talala. Related: Viewer Video Shows Tornado Forming In Talala

The Talala area, experienced tornado-like weather around 1 p.m. News On 6 has crews working to gather information from that event.

Watches And Warnings:

Monday's storms are split into two powerful sections with one storm covering the north and one to the south.

A Tornado Watch has been issued for Adair, Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, Pushmataha and Sequoyah County until 8 p.m.

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Oklahoma Rainfall

Several rounds of heavy rainfall have brought multi-inch totals across the area, and additional pockets of heavy rain will continue until the main system exits.

Rain Timeline

Local flood warnings remain in some locations this morning while a large part of the area also remains under a Flood Watch until this evening. Scattered storms remain across eastern Oklahoma this morning, producing heavy rainfall. A few cells may produce gusty winds and some hail.

9 a.m. Radar

A warm front is positioned across southern OK early this morning and will begin surging northwestward as the main upper-level trough draws closer and air pressure begins to fall. A surface area of low pressure should develop across the western areas of north Texas early this morning and move into central OK around noon to 1 p.m.

Later this morning into the afternoon, the main upper-level system will approach the region, bringing a dry line and a Pacific cold front into the area and additional severe storm chances. All modes of severe weather will be possible, including tornadoes.

Severe Weather Threats Monday

Additional tornado watches will likely be issued later today for locations along and east of the I-44 corridor across the eastern third of the state into Arkansas and surrounding areas.

Highs today will reach the lower 70s with storm chances, including severe threats by at least midday to afternoon moving from the metro eastward into Arkansas later tonight. South winds at 15 to 25 mph will be likely with mostly cloudy conditions.

Storm Zone Monday

This low will move northeast this afternoon. A dry line will be associated with the surface low. Along and ahead of the dry line and near and south of the warm front will be the highest chance of tornadoes later today and early evening. Damaging wind gusts will also be possible along with some hail.

While scattered storms will remain this morning across the eastern third of the state, additional strong to severe storm chances will return early afternoon near I-35, moving near the Tulsa metro around 3 p.m. and along and east of Highway 69 around 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

4 p.m. Radar Monday

Most of the storms will be exiting the state around 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Please understand that thunderstorm timing is subject to change.

The front should clear the area later this evening with cooler and drier air following the frontal passage. The strong upper-level jet, featuring mid-level winds from 90 to 100 knots will not clear the area until early Tuesday morning but we anticipate dry air will wrap into the system quickly ending precipitation as it ejects away from the state.

The exception may be a few spotty showers early Tuesday morning across far southeastern OK. Seasonal and pleasant conditions will be likely for Election Day and Wednesday, before another strong upper-level system begins to influence our weather Thursday through part of the weekend with additional thunderstorm chances, including severe weather threats.

Tuesday Morning Lows

Election Day features decreasing clouds with morning lows in the upper 40s and lower 50s with highs in the lower to mid-60s. Light north winds are likely for most of the day into early Wednesday morning with morning lows in the lower to mid-40s.

Tuesday High Temperatures

South winds return Wednesday afternoon at 10 to 15 mph with partly cloudy sky and highs in the mid to upper 60s.

Some inconsistencies in the data will keep storm chances spread from Thursday through at least Saturday until some higher confidence arrives in any one specific scenario for higher chances of storms. Based on the upper air pattern, severe weather threats will be mentioned from Thursday evening through part of the weekend.

Emergency Info: Outages Across Oklahoma:

Northeast Oklahoma has various power companies and electric cooperatives, many of which have overlapping areas of coverage. Below is a link to various outage maps.

PSO Outage Map

OG&E Outage Map

VVEC Outage Map

Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) Outage Map

Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Outage Map — (Note Several Smaller Co-ops Included)