149  
WWUS74 KTSA 161703  
NPWTSA  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR  
1203 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2026  
 
ARZ129-219-220-OKZ055>058-060>063-066>071-073>075-172-176-272-170100-  
/O.NEW.KTSA.HT.Y.0062.260917T1500Z-260918T0100Z/  
/O.CON.KTSA.HT.Y.0061.000000T0000Z-260917T0000Z/  
NORTH AND CENTRAL SEBASTIAN-SOUTHERN CRAWFORD-CENTRAL AND  
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-  
MAYES-DELAWARE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-  
PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-NORTHERN SEQUOYAH-NORTHERN LE FLORE-  
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SEQUOYAH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NOWATA, TAHLEQUAH, MIAMI, PRYOR, JETHRO,  
WAGONER, OZARK, MCALESTER, VINITA, STILWELL, GROVE, JAY, VAN BUREN,  
CRAVENS, FORT SMITH, PANAMA, TULSA, POCOLA, WILBURTON, ARKOMA,  
STIGLER, SALLISAW, CHARLESTON, WATALULA, MUSKOGEE, BARTLESVILLE,  
CHECOTAH, CLAREMORE, OKMULGEE, LONELM, CECIL, SPIRO, AND MARBLE CITY  
1203 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND EAST  
CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST HEAT ADVISORY, UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.  
FOR THE SECOND HEAT ADVISORY, FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IMPACTING  
THOSE NOT ACCLIMATED TO THE CONDITIONS OR THOSE PERFORMING  
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE  
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING  
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND  
HEAT STROKE.  
 
 
 
 
 
ARZ229-OKZ049-053-064-065-254-276-354-376-170000-  
/O.CON.KTSA.HT.Y.0061.000000T0000Z-260917T0000Z/  
SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-NORTHEAST  
OSAGE-CENTRAL LE FLORE-SOUTHEAST OSAGE-SOUTHERN LE FLORE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HUGO, OKEMAH, PAWHUSKA, POTEAU, HARTFORD,  
CLAYTON, LIBERTY, HUNTINGTON, SAPULPA, MANSFIELD, PATTERSON, HOMINY,  
TALIHINA, AND ANTLERS  
1203 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109.  
 
* WHERE...IN ARKANSAS, SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY. IN OKLAHOMA,  
OKFUSKEE, CREEK, NORTHEAST OSAGE, SOUTHEAST OSAGE, CENTRAL LE  
FLORE, CHOCTAW, PUSHMATAHA, AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IMPACTING  
THOSE NOT ACCLIMATED TO THE CONDITIONS OR THOSE PERFORMING  
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE  
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING  
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND  
HEAT STROKE.  
 
 
 
 
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