Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 519 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2020 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-291130- 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- 519 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2020 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing...improving after sunset. DISCUSSION... Warm and breezy conditions continue late this afternoon aiding the spread potential for any fire starts. Fire weather conditions will improve after sunset. Any ongoing fires today should be adequately extinguished as fire weather conditions will worse again Saturday. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Spotter Activation Not Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. SATURDAY...High Wind and Fire Weather Potential. SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential. MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. TUESDAY...Heavy Rain Potential. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY...No Hazards. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Temperatures well above normal and breezy southerly winds will prevail on Saturday. These conditions will raise fire weather concerns especially across northeast Oklahoma. Breezy winds continue on Sunday with increasing humidity values helping reduce fire weather concerns. Thunderstorm chances gradually increase late Sunday into Monday primarily southeast of Interstate 44. Rain chances will increase Monday into Tuesday as a cold front moves through the region. There remains considerable uncertainty on the eventual axis of heaviest rains, and portions of southeast Oklahoma through western Arkansas may be nearer the corridor of heavier rains. Dry weather returns by mid next week. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.