Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
115 FLUS44 KTSA 162315 HWOTSA Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 615 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171015- 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- 615 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight. POOR VISIBILITY. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Late Overnight. DISCUSSION... Isolated showers will continue early this evening, mainly across East-Central Oklahoma and West-Central Arkansas. Most shower activity will conclude by sunset. Otherwise, patchy fog may develop late overnight tonight across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Fog may become locally dense in areas, but widespread visibility reductions are not expected. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Spotter Activation Not Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. TUESDAY...Dense Fog Potential. WEDNESDAY...No Hazards. THURSDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential. FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A ridge of high pressure aloft moves over the region Tuesday and holds through the week allowing for warmer and more humid conditions across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Heat index values by Friday are forecast to climb around 100 degrees across much of the region. Shower and thunderstorm chances return Friday night and into the weekend. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information. $$