Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
869 FLUS44 KTSA 081000 HWOTSA Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 500 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000- 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- 500 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. TORNADO. RISK...Limited. AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...After 3 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Significant. AREA...Primarily southeast of Interstate 44. ONSET...Mainly after 3 PM. DISCUSSION... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible early this morning through early afternoon across northeast Oklahoma and far northwest Arkansas. Should any early day storms develop they could become severe. A higher chance of thunderstorms and severe weather will develop by mid afternoon through mid evening along a slow moving cold front. Severe thunderstorms are likely from northwest Arkansas into southeast Oklahoma late this afternoon and evening with potential for large destructive hail, locally damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes. Thunderstorms will move further east and south of local region by mid evening. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Likely. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. FRIDAY and SATURDAY...No Hazards. SUNDAY through TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A slight chance of thunderstorms will remain across far southeast Oklahoma on Thursday with dry and mild weather for areas further north. The quiet weather pattern will continue for late week into the weekend with thunderstorm chances returning by early next week. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information. $$