More Severe Weather For Oklahoma On Thursday and Friday

Severe weather continues across Oklahoma to end the final full week of April. Portions of Oklahoma are expected to see severe weather continue Thursday and Friday evening. Hazards include large hail, damaging wind gusts and very low tornado potential.

Most of Oklahoma saw severe storms Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning. More severe weather is expected Thursday into the evening hours and early Friday morning. Friday also has another risk for severe weather in the evening and the nighttime hours.

Storms could start as early as 5 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Areas of northwest and western Oklahoma are at a slight risk of severe weather Thursday, while portions of southwest, central and northern Oklahoma are at a marginal risk. These areas could see hail from golf ball to baseball size, wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour and a very low potential of tornadoes.

More severe weather expected Friday evening across Oklahoma.

As of 11 a.m. Thursday, most of Oklahoma is at a marginal severe weather risk for Friday evening. According to the National Weather Service in Norman, the severe weather potential on Friday will be based on what happens with the storms Thursday. Therefore the forecast will most likely change before Friday afternoon.

For now, the National Weather Service in Norman expects areas of western, central and southwest Oklahoma to see golf ball sized hail, wind gusts from 60 to 70 miles per hour and a very low tornado potential.

Parts of Oklahoma could see up to three inches of rain by Sunday.

This wet pattern is expected to continue in Oklahoma through the weekend and into next week. By Sunday, parts of Oklahoma could see up to three inches of rain. More rainfall is expected into the last days of April and the first of May.

Significant severe weather is expected across Oklahoma on Monday and Tuesday.

Local meteorologists are still keeping a close eye on Monday and Tuesday next week as significant severe weather is expected. Peak tornado season is expected to kick off at the end of April and into early May, and it's looking like Monday and Tuesday could be the start.

Meteorologist Chris Nunley indicated in a recent Facebook post that the Storm Prediction Center has included most of Oklahoma in a severe risk area for Monday and Tuesday. Oklahoma has the potential to see storms produce all modes of severe weather, including tornadoes, big hail and damaging winds. More updates to the forecast will be made as we get closer to next week.