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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
504 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017

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Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
504 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017


This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This evening and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Mainly North of Interstate 44 in Northeast Oklahoma.
ONSET...After Midnight.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Afternoon heat index values around 100 to near 105 degrees will
remain possible across Eastern Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas
through the late afternoon hours with improving conditions after
sunset this evening.

Slight chances for thunderstorms will be possible overnight
tonight across parts of Northeast Oklahoma in response to a
frontal boundary just west and northwest of the region. This
potential looks to be mainly over locations north of Interstate
44.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.
THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...No Hazards.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A slight chance of thunderstorms will remain possible into
Thursday morning over parts of Northeast Oklahoma before the
frontal boundary retreats back westward. Warm and humid conditions
are forecast to continue into the weekend before another cold
front looks to approaches the region next week. Thunderstorm
chances return Monday into Tuesday with the cold front forecast to
move into Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

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