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HWOTSA

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
452 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141000-
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-
452 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
A WEAK FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL STALL NEAR INTERSTATE 40 THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES NORTH OF THE FRONT SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN
THE PAST FEW DAYS...ALTHOUGH READING SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WILL
LIKELY REACH THE MID 90S. HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THESE LOCATIONS
SHOULD APPROACH 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER MEXICO WILL LIFT NORTH ALONG THE
BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE...WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INCREASING BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW WILL
DEVELOP BY SUNDAY...AND THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX COULD IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY...BRINGING A LIMITED CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A WEAK SURFACE
BOUNDARY LINGERS NEAR THE REGION.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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