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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
101 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

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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-
101 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Near the Oklahoma-Kansas border.
ONSET...Late tonight.

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

 AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Along and west of Highway 69 in Oklahoma.

DISCUSSION...
Dangerously hot and humid conditions will continue today across
much of Eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas. The hottest
conditions will impact locations along and west of Highway 69 in
Oklahoma, where heat index values of 110 to 114 are expected.

A slight chance of thunderstorms will be possible late tonight
into early Saturday morning along the Oklahoma and Kansas border
as a weak cold front approaches from the north.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Dangerously hot and humid conditions will continue on Saturday
ahead of a frontal boundary forecast to sag southward into the
region Saturday afternoon. Also Saturday afternoon, thunderstorm
chances return mainly north of Interstate 40 with the frontal
boundary moving into the region. A few storms could produce
damaging downburst winds during the late afternoon through
evening. Storm chances expand across eastern Oklahoma and
northwest Arkansas Sunday as the boundary moves southward through
the region.

For the first half of next week, hot and humid conditions will
quickly return with thunderstorm chances increasing again just in
time for the Independence Day holiday.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

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