April 2024
WEDNESDAY APRIL 24, 2024
0330L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/24/24 *MARGINAL RISK for thunderstorms starting as early as this morning. We have quite a bit of elevated instability that could lead to a few thunderstorms with a hail threat. We’ll have to wait and see where this mess forms up and then adjust. *Here is the web address for the NWS/NORMAN- https://www.weather.gov/oun/ Go here to see the graphics for the severe weather possibilities for the rest of the [...]
TUESDAY APRIL 23, 2024
0330L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/23/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll get detailed notifications from the NWS and from us in Emergency Management. As we move into Spring, your need for information will increase. Be sure to download our app today! *A cold front is expected later this morning or early afternoon, depending on timing, and we’ll go from strong south winds to strong northerly winds pretty abruptly so be prepared for [...]
MONDAY APRIL 22, 2024
0320L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/22/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll get detailed notifications from the NWS and from us in Emergency Management. As we move into Spring, your need for information will increase. Be sure to download our app today! *First, the VAFB WSR 88-D weather radar went down overnight. Techs have been notified and it should hopefully be back up soon. *Sunny skies will bring warmth to the region over [...]
SUNDAY APRIL 21, 2024
0255L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/21/24 *TROUGHS are the talk this week. There will be several come through the area and a few will cause some shower and t-storm activity. Will that occur here? It all depends on the models. Again, I’m not holding my breath but we do stand a good chance mid to late week. We’ll see what happens. *Today, we should clear off and see some good sunshine by this afternoon [...]
SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2024
0315L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/20/24 *Short and sweet- very low chance for showers this afternoon with gusty NE winds. Our next chance to possibly see any rain would be Wednesday into Thursday when another storm system arrives. We’ll see what happens then. Until mid-week, enjoy the winds! *Overall, we’ll be ok, just dry. Here is your forecast from the NWS/NORMAN; Today- Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers this afternoon. Highs around 60. [...]
FRIDAY APRIL 19, 2024
0310L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/19/24 *Another storm system will move in later tonight through Saturday into Sunday bringing a chance for some rain once again but it is looking bleak for us in the northern part of the state. Moderate drought conditions have overspread the county with severe drought conditions moving into the northern 1/3 of the county. We are forecast to receive .1 to .25 of an inch of rainfall but don’t [...]
THURSDAY APRIL 18, 2024
0330L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/18/24 *The cold front is heading our way and should be in the area by mid-morning. Winds will be gusty out of the south until frontal passage when they will become northerly at 20-30 mph gusting upwards of 40 mph. No rain is expected with this front in our area. Late Friday evening into Saturday, we MIGHT have a chance for rainfall as a trough will have pushed through [...]
WEDNESDAY APRIL 17, 2024
0325L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/17/24 *Warm with fairly light winds and sunny skies is on the menu and today will be the warmest we’ll see for the next 5 to 6 days. A cold front will push in on Thursday morning knocking our temps down into the 60’s and then into the 50’s over the weekend. *Rain chances go up for the weekend but I won’t hold my breath on this one yet. [...]
TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2024
0230L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/16/24 *As of 0220L this morning, we had received approximately 1/8 of an inch of rainfall from the small storms that passed through the area around 0100L. It wasn’t much but better than nothing. After the front pushes through the area early this morning, winds will become westerly 15-25 mph with an occasional gust upwards of 35-40 mph. The winds today will dry us back up and the fire [...]
MONDAY APRIL 15, 2024
0335L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/15/24 *We have been lowered into a Slight risk for severe weather from an Enhanced risk which was pushed north into Kansas. We still have a good chance for severe weather in Oklahoma and it appears it will be overnight tonight. We have a storm system out west, a frontal boundary that will push through early Tuesday morning, pretty good moisture return, and a dryline that is already showing [...]
SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2024
0325L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/14/24 *Warm today with lighter winds. This will help to bring down relative humidity and the fire danger will creep up this afternoon into this evening. Other than this, we are still watching to see how models will come together for Monday’s weather event. We are still in that ENHANCED RISK area so we’ll see what happens. *Based on the above as I have been saying the last few [...]
SATURDAY APRIL 13, 2024
0300L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/13/24 *Today will be sunny, warm, & windy. The Fire Danger will be elevated. We continue to discourage any burning especially later this morning into the afternoon while the winds are increasing. Other than this, enjoy the day. *Monday looks like we could end up with some rough weather. Details are still a little out there but if everything comes together, we could see our first real taste of [...]
FRIDAY APRIL 12, 2024
0255L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/12/24 *Clear skies, warmer temperatures, and low end wind, as compared to recent days. Enjoy the lower end winds as they will increase over the weekend along with the fire danger. Other than these few things, not too bad. *Focus will be on Monday as we’ll have a storm system arrive with a strong threat for severe weather. Monday is the day to watch as of right now as [...]
THURSDAY APRIL 11, 2024
0400L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/11/24 *Elevated to near critical fire weather conditions will exist today due to low humidity and strong NNW winds. A Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast has been issued for the 10 am to 7pm time frame today, for our area and NW Oklahoma. Here is that link- https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OUN&product=RFD We missed the rain but at least we are greening up a little so that will help some. The ELEVATED Fire Weather [...]
WEDNESDAY APRIL 10, 2024
0255L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/10/24 *That CHANCE we discussed yesterday is a little better today but is still hiding out. It doesn’t appear we will see much, if any rainfall but we’ll take whatever can be squeezed out of the atmosphere at this point. Any severe weather looks like it will remain to our south and east. We can only hope for the rainfall so we’ll see what happens. *Overall, we’ll be ok [...]
TUESDAY APRIL 9, 2024
0300- TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/09/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *The word CHANCE is in the vocabulary today as that chance for rain is out there. A very low chance early this morning and a slight chance comes into play later this afternoon into tonight where that changes to a likely chance after 10pm. We’ll have to wait and see if [...]
MONDAY APRIL 8, 2024
0305L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/08/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *Let me start with the Solar Eclipse. First of all this won’t be an apocalyptic event. It will start in our area at approximately 12:28pm and last until roughly 3:04pm. A partial solar eclipse will happen. Shadows are sharper, the light IS dimmer but the sky is still bright. Wear eclipse glasses. [...]
SUNDAY APRIL 7, 2024
0335L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/06/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *Our Task Force deployed to Sharon yesterday and have recently returned. All are safe. *Yesterday the winds were a bit tough and a few fires got out of control out west. Our highest measured wind gust was 47 mph. Those were recorded from the Lahoma Mesonet site and Woodring airport. It should [...]
SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2024
0335L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/06/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. * WORST FEARS answers will begin SUNDAY morning instead of this morning. *We are in a WIND ADVISORY from 7am until 10pm tonight for winds 25-35 gusting to 55mph and next door to a RED FLAG WARNING from noon today until midnight tonight. Lines on the graphics will fluctuate so don’t get [...]
FRIDAY APRIL 5, 2024
0325L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/05/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *Another nice day but with fairly strong winds. Temps will be warmer but the winds may negate that just a little bit. There will be some dirt and ash in the air as controlled burning over the last few days will help with that. We would prefer that no controlled burning occur [...]