990  
WWUS74 KTSA 170338  
NPWTSA  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK  
1038 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2026  
 
ARZ229-OKZ049-053-064-065-276-376-172100-  
/O.EXB.KTSA.HT.Y.0062.260917T1700Z-260918T0000Z/  
SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-CENTRAL LE  
FLORE-SOUTHERN LE FLORE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LIBERTY, ANTLERS, PATTERSON, CLAYTON, POTEAU,  
HARTFORD, HUNTINGTON, MANSFIELD, HUGO, SAPULPA, TALIHINA, AND OKEMAH  
1038 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 107 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...IN ARKANSAS, SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY. IN OKLAHOMA,  
OKFUSKEE, CREEK, CENTRAL LE FLORE, CHOCTAW, PUSHMATAHA, AND  
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM NOON TO 7 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
ARZ129-219-220-OKZ055>058-060>063-066>071-073>075-172-176-272-172100-  
/O.EXT.KTSA.HT.Y.0062.260917T1700Z-260918T0000Z/  
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 MARBLE CITY, CHECOTAH, VAN BUREN, JETHRO,  
MIAMI, CECIL, TULSA, VINITA, CLAREMORE, PRYOR, TAHLEQUAH, SPIRO,  
STIGLER, CRAVENS, OZARK, GROVE, ARKOMA, SALLISAW, JAY, PANAMA,  
BARTLESVILLE, FORT SMITH, WILBURTON, POCOLA, NOWATA, CHARLESTON,  
WAGONER, WATALULA, LONELM, OKMULGEE, MCALESTER, STILWELL, AND  
MUSKOGEE  
1038 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND EAST  
CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM NOON TO 7 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.  
 
 
 
 
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