... Heat advisory in effect from noon Friday to 7 am CDT
Saturday...
... Excessive heat watch in effect from Saturday morning through
Wednesday evening...
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a heat
advisory... which is in effect from noon Friday to 7 am CDT
Saturday. An excessive heat watch has also been issued. This
excessive heat watch is in effect from Saturday morning through
Wednesday evening.
For the following counties...
in Arkansas...
Crawford... Franklin and Sebastian.
In Oklahoma...
Pushmataha... Choctaw... Osage... Washington... Nowata... Craig...
Pawnee... Tulsa... Rogers... Mayes... creek... Okfuskee... Okmulgee...
Wagoner... Cherokee... Muskogee... McIntosh... Sequoyah... Pittsburg...
Haskell... Latimer and Le Flore.
Hot and humid weather will be common for the next few days as
high pressure aloft builds over the area. Afternoon heat indices
will climb into the 105 to 108 degree range each day with
nighttime low temperatures only falling into the mid to upper 70s.
Isolated thunderstorms will be possible just about any day and may
provide some temporary local relief from the heat in few places.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A heat advisory and an excessive heat watch means that a period
of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot
temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation
in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of
fluids... stay in an air- conditioned room... stay out of the
sun... and check up on relatives and neighbors.