Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
962 FLUS44 KTSA 062202 HWOTSA Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 502 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071045- 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- 502 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Late Afternoon and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...Locations Near Oklahoma Kansas Border. ONSET...Through This Evening. POOR VISIBILITY. RISK...Limited. AREA...Portions of Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Late Tonight. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...Limited. AREA...Portions of Northeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing Through Early Evening. DISCUSSION... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are forecast to drop into northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas through this evening with the greater potential near the Kansas and Missouri borders. Instability over far northeast Oklahoma could allow for a few storms to become strong to marginally severe with locally damaging wind gusts the primary threat. Much of this activity along with severe potentials are expected to weaken mid to late evening. A slight chance of showers and storms will remain near the Missouri border overnight tonight. Also overnight tonight, patchy areas of reduced visibility could develop over portions of northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Any low visibility should quickly improve after sunrise Monday. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. THURSDAY...No Hazards. FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Thunderstorm chances continue through the first half of the week with a couple disturbances forecast to move through the region. A limited severe potential exists each day with the greater potential Tuesday. Locally damaging winds are the main severe threat, along with a heavy rain threat. Storm chances weaken Thursday, though return again Friday into the weekend with a frontal boundary forecast into the region. Also late week into the weekend, ahead of the boundary, heat index values of upper 90s to around 102 degrees are forecast for much of eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information. $$