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FLUS44 KTSA 021059
HWOTSA

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
459 AM CST Tue Mar 2 2021

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031100-
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-
459 AM CST Tue Mar 2 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Along and north of I-44.
ONSET...This afternoon.

DISCUSSION...

Southwest winds will gust 15 to 20 mph along and north of I-44
this afternoon, where humidity values are expected to drop into
the 20 to 30 percent range. This will yield limited to near
elevated fire weather danger.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.
WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
SATURDAY...No Hazards.
SUNDAY and MONDAY...Very High Fire Weather and High Wind Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

A storm system will track across the region Thursday night into
Friday. There will be enough elevated instability to yield at
least isolated thunderstorm potential, mainly across eastern
Oklahoma and west central Arkansas.

Strong and gusty south winds and warm temperatures will yield
elevated fire weather concerns late in the weekend into early next
week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

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