Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
581 FLUS44 KTSA 301734 HWOTSA Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 1234 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-311030- 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- 1234 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma. ONSET...This Afternoon. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing. DISCUSSION... Showers a thunderstorms will increase in coverage this afternoon across eastern Oklahoma. A few storms may become strong or marginally severe with heavy rain, damaging winds and hail. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to spread eastward this evening and tonight impacting northwest Arkansas. Additional showers and thunderstorms are forecast to develop across the area late tonight and early tomorrow morning with a continued risk of locally heavy rainfall and localized flooding. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Likely. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... More widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected on Friday. Locally heavy rainfall is likely with a few strong to severe thunderstorms possible south of I-40. Flooding may also become an issue, especially in areas that receive heavy rainfall today and tonight. Daily thunderstorm chances are expected this weekend through early next week as west to northwest flow aloft continues over the southern Plains. Scattered storms are forecast each day with at least a marginal severe weather threat, including locally heavy rain. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information. $$