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HWOTSA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
511 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2026
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511 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2026
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
DAY ONE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA; NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING...ENDING BY MID-EVENING.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA; NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING...ENDING BY MID-EVENING.
DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS; PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING...ENDING BY 8 PM.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. ANY STORM CLUSTERS
THAT CAN FORM FROM A COMMON OUTFLOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE A SWATH OF DAMAGING WIND. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL WANE BY
MID-EVENING. SLOW-MOVING STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL.
DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES ARE ONGOING IN THE LOWER
ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY IN FAR EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO WEST-
CENTRAL ARKANSAS, AS WELL AS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CLOSER TO THE
RED RIVER. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE EITHER FROM STORM ACTIVITY AND
OUTFLOW OR BY 8 PM THIS EVENING AS NIGHT TIME COOLING BEGINS.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...HIGH WIND...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STORM CHANCES LINGER INTO SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN ARKANSAS BEFORE THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES FINALLY EXIT
THE REGION. NORTH OF THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES, HOT AND HUMID
CONDITIONS SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE SUNDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS THE
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 109 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A BREAK MAY DEVELOP LATE NEXT
WEEK WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE POSSIBLY MOVING INTO THE PLAINS.
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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