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HWOTSA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
530 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
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THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
DAY ONE
TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...WESTERN ARKANSAS...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY PERSIST LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL
OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS, WITH WIDESPREAD HEAT
INDEX VALUES FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION
WHILE OUTDOORS, TAKING APPROPRIATE HEAT SAFETY STEPS.
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS,
DIMINISHING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT
PUSHING SOUTHWARD TOWARD NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING AND
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE CONCERNS WITH THESE STORMS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM AND DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
COLD FRONT MAINLY FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL REMAIN IN THE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY, SEEING HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING FROM NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS, SHIFTING TO
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
STORM CHANCES LINGER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS IN
THE DATA THAT A COMPLEX OF STORMS COULD AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THE STORM ACTIVITY,
BUT GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE.
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BECOME REESTABLISHED OVER THE
REGION BY TUESDAY, BRINGING A RETURN TO HOT, HUMID AND DRY
WEATHER.
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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