Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
007 FLUS44 KTSA 011006 HWOTSA Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 506 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021015- 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- 506 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...Northwest Of Interstate 44 in Northeast Oklahoma. ONSET...Late Afternoon. DISCUSSION... Scattered light to moderate rain showers are expected to continue this morning across much of eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Additional showers along with an increase in thunderstorm potential are forecast this afternoon into this evening as an area of low pressure and associated weak cold front move into the region. Limited severe potentials for locally strong wind gusts exist mainly northwest of Interstate 44 with storms forecast to move out of Kansas late afternoon and early evening. This severe potential will be dependent on the amount of cloud scattering and warmer temperatures this afternoon. A locally heavy rain threat also exists with any storm development into this evening. Rain chances and a slight chance of thunder remains overnight tonight with the movement of the frontal boundary. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. THURSDAY...No Hazards. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... An upper level area of low pressure and the weak frontal boundary are forecast to remain over the region into Tuesday with continued chances for showers and storms. The greater potential for storms Tuesday is across southeast Oklahoma into western Arkansas before the boundary can exit the region. A lull in precipitation chances develops Tuesday night and Wednesday before additional shower and low storm chances return Wednesday night from another boundary moving into the region. A more defined cold front looks to move over the region Friday into the weekend, which will return another round of shower and thunderstorm chances. A locally heavy rain threat could develop during the weekend. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information. $$