Ticker for March 4, 2026

                
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Sever severe




And BOOM (think John Madden-style "BOOM"), just like that we're in severe weather
mode. Five-six weeks ago, it was a winter storm coating us with ice and snow, then
a few weeks ago it was fire, fire, FIRE!, and now it's "hey, how about a week of
severe weather to start spring off?"

Now yesterday was pretty weak when it came to the severe stuff, but not when it
came to the wet stuff up in NW OK!



Heck, it's raining right now, for crying out loud!



To quote Og, the first caveman that figured out leaves could be used as toilet
paper: "NICE!" May have been "OUCH!" if he used cactus. Hard to say, no cave
markings of the moment have been found, thank goodness.

Anyway, we have that chance for severe weather today along the cold front in
southeast Oklahoma, with the dreaded "low, but not zero" tornado threat," which
tends to actually give us tornadoes, so be weather aware down in that area.

Wait, did somebody say cold front?



Well that's no fun. Don't expect much today in the way of spring weather, storms
OR temps, behind the front, with highs scheduled to retreat back to February.



The warm air surges back tomorrow, with a bit of enhanced severe weather with
it on Thursday, and then Friday. Oh Friday, what are you doing. There will be a
chance for strong tornadoes on Friday.









I guess the good news is the rain that will come with it (there's nothing wrong
with tropics-style rainfall, Mother Nature!).



It'll be a day-by-day battle. Southeast Oklahoma, YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK!

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climate Survey
gmcmanus@ou.edu