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HWOTSA



Hazardous Weather Outlook

National Weather Service Tulsa OK

1242 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026



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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-

1242 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026



...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO 

EVENING...



This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as

much of Eastern Oklahoma.



.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.



SIGNIFICANT WINDS.

	RISK...Limited.

	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.

	ONSET...Ongoing.



FIRE WEATHER DANGER.

	RISK...Significant.

	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.

	ONSET...Ongoing.



DISCUSSION...

Near record high temperatues are expected again this afternoon 

with very low humidity and critically dry fuels. Southwest winds 

gusting up to 35 mph are anticipated ahead of a cold front that 

will move into the region this afternoon. Behind the frontal 

passage, a wind shift out of the north with gusts of 35 to locally

45 mph into this evening are forecast. These conditions will 

create near critical grassland fire spread rates. The area of 

greatest concern remains across northeast Oklahoma, where locally 

critical spread rates could develop. Conditions behind the cold 

front will be very slow to improve despite cooler temperatures.



SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...

Spotter Activation Not Expected.



.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

MONDAY...High Wind Potential.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.

THURSDAY...Thunderstorm...High Fire Weather... and High Wind Potential.

FRIDAY...High Fire Weather Potential...High Wind Potential.

SATURDAY...No Hazards.



EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

Breezy and cooler conditions are expected Monday, before another

round of near record highs arrives by mid week, which will lead 

to another potentially concerning fire weather day by Thursday 

when another cold front is forecast to arrive. There will be a 

small chance of thunderstorms with this front Thursday night, but 

significant rainfall is not anticipated.



weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.



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