Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 443 PM CDT Thu Sep 23 2021 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241015- 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- 443 PM CDT Thu Sep 23 2021 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...Limited. AREA... Northeast Oklahoma. ONSET... Ongoing. DISCUSSION... Light southerly winds occasionally gusting to 15 miles per hour, coupled with warm and dry conditions, will create a limited fire danger threat through the early evening, mainly west of Highway 75. Once the sun sets, winds will diminish and relative humidity values will increase rapidly effectively ending the fire danger threat. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Spotter Activation Not Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. FRIDAY...Very High Fire Danger Potential. SATURDAY...No Hazards. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...Very High Fire Weather Potential. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Dry and mild conditions are expected for the next couple of days with a warming trend into the weekend. Fire weather concerns will begin to increase on Friday, however the greater threat will likely develop Sunday and Monday as gusty southwest winds combine with unseasonably warm temperatures. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday into Wednesday as an upper level disturbance approaches from the southwest with increasing low level moisture. Rainfall amounts are currently expected to remain light. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.