Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
097 FLUS44 KTSA 031812 HWOTSA Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 112 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041015- 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- 112 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Limited. AREA...Southeast Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing and Again Late Tonight. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing and Again Late Tonight. DISCUSSION... Scattered showers with a chance of thunderstorms will remain forecast through this afternoon across much of eastern Oklahoma into west central Arkansas with a weak elevated boundary over the region. The greater thunderstorm potential exists over southeast Oklahoma where additional showers and storms developing in south central Oklahoma could move into the region. Ample amounts of moisture over the region will continue to create a locally heavy rain threat with a flash flood potential into the early evening hours. Thunderstorm coverage should decrease after sunset. Additional shower and storm chances return late tonight into Friday morning for southeast Oklahoma as a disturbance lifts east northeast across Texas. A locally heavy rain threat will exist with this additional precipitation into Friday morning. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Spotter Activation Not Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Daily thunderstorm chances will continue through the holiday weekend into next week as a series of disturbances look to move through the Plains. Locally heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and dangerous lightning will be the main threats from the storms. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information. $$