Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 452 PM CDT Thu Mar 21 2019 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221030- 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- 452 PM CDT Thu Mar 21 2019 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing...Improving after sunset. DISCUSSION... North to northwest winds will gust 15 to 20 mph at times. The winds, combined with the warm and dry conditions, will yield a limited threat of quick fire spread into early this evening. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Spotter Activation Not Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. FRIDAY...No Hazards. SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential. SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...No Hazards. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Unsettled weather will return for the weekend. Instability will be weak at best when an upper storm system moves over the area Saturday. A few strong storms will be possible Sunday afternoon and evening in conjunction with a frontal boundary that will sweep eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Isolated severe storms are possible over southeast Oklahoma closer to the Red River where better instability will exist. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.