Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 500 AM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301000- 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- 500 AM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025 ...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED THRU WEDNESDAY... This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...Significant. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. ONSET...Midday. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Lower Arkansas River Valley, portions of northeast Oklahoma. DISCUSSION... A ridge of high pressure aloft over the region will bring sunny, hot and humid weather today. Afternoon heat indices between 105 and 110 degrees is expected across all of eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Some locations in the lower Arkansas River Valley of west-central Arkansas and far east-central Oklahoma, as well as portions of northeast Oklahoma between US highway 75 and 69 may exceed 110 degrees at times. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Spotter Activation Not Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. FRIDAY thru MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... The ridge of high pressure aloft is expected to break down and shift west for a few days. This will allow a cold front to push into the region Wednesday night into Thursday, bringing relief from the heat to close out the work week on into the weekend. The front will also bring chances for thunderstorms by Wednesday evening across northeast Oklahoma, spreading southeast into northwest Arkansas on Thursday. Storm chances will drop down into southeast Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas on Friday and will persist into Saturday. Another round of storm chances is forecast across northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas Sunday into Monday before the ridge of high pressure aloft rebuilds back over the region. Organized severe weather is not expected, but localized heavy rainfall and gusty winds could accompany any storms. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.