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Excessive Heat Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 11, 201917 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 11, 2019, 3:52 AM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 11, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2019, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 11, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 11, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this excessive heat warning went out at Aug 11, 3:40 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:40 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
400 PM CDT Sat Aug 10 2019

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111030-
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-
400 PM CDT Sat Aug 10 2019

...VERY DANGEROUS HEAT THIS AFTERNOON...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...East of I-49 in northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...

Very dangerous heat and humidity is ongoing across much of eastern
Oklahoma and west central Arkansas this afternoon. Maximum heat
index values from 110 to 115 degrees are occurring.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible this afternoon across northwest
Arkansas to the east of I-49, and again later tonight in areas near
the Kansas and Missouri borders. Severe weather is not expected, but
the storms will bring dangerous lightning and brief heavy downpours.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
MONDAY through TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat
Potential.
WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Dangerous heat and humidity will again affect most of eastern
Oklahoma and west central Arkansas both tomorrow and Monday
afternoons. Maximum heat indices will be similar to today's
values. A Heat Advisory has also been posted for tomorrow
afternoon from 1 pm to 8 pm for much of the area, with additional
heat advisories or warnings for at least a portion of the area
probable early next week.

Thunderstorm chances will begin to increase from north to south
late Monday night and continue into Tuesday and Wednesday as a
front moves through the region. Dangerous heat index values will
be likely again on Tuesday for areas south of the slow moving
front, but cooler conditions will arrive for the middle to latter
part of the work week following the frontal passage.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 3:17 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningTSACherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Haskell, Latimer and 13 more29 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Oklahoma, 2019Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2019Every excessive heat warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.