Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
107 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

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/O.NEW.KLZK.HT.Y.0009.260718T1700Z-260719T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KLZK.HT.Y.0010.260719T1700Z-260720T0100Z/
Sharp-Randolph-Independence-Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-
Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-
Arkansas-Desha-
Including the cities of Attica, De Valls Bluff, Newport, Ash
Flat, Pocahontas, McCrory, Searcy, Stuttgart, McGehee,
Perryville, Heber Springs, Cabot, Lonoke, Hoxie, Little Rock,
Hardy, Augusta, De Witt, Conway, Cotton Plant, Brinkley, Walnut
Ridge, North Little Rock, Cave City, Beebe, Des Arc, Dumas,
Clarendon, Hazen, Batesville, and Morrilton
107 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values near or above 105 degrees on Saturday.
  Heat index values between 105 and 110 degrees on Sunday.

* WHERE...Portions of central, eastern, north central, and southeast
  Arkansas.

* WHEN...Heat Advisory in effect from noon today to 8 PM CDT this
  evening. Heat Advisory is also in effect from noon to 8 PM CDT on
  Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
  illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
446 PM CDT Fri Jul 17 2026

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073>075-154-172-176-254-272-276-354-376-182200-
Benton-Carroll-Washington AR-Madison-Northern Crawford-
Northern Franklin-North and Central Sebastian-Southern Crawford-
Central and Southern Franklin-Southern Sebastian-Pushmataha-
Choctaw-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-Tulsa-Rogers-
Mayes-Delaware-Creek-Okfuskee-Okmulgee-Wagoner-Cherokee-Adair-
Muskogee-McIntosh-Pittsburg-Haskell-Latimer-Western Osage-
Northern Sequoyah-Northern Le Flore-Northeast Osage-
Central and Southern Sequoyah-Central Le Flore-Southeast Osage-
Southern Le Flore-
446 PM CDT Fri Jul 17 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms have developed this afternoon
across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. The strongest storms
will be capable of locally gusty wind and heavy downpours of rain.
Much of this activity will dissipate by mid to late evening.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
SUNDAY through WEDNESDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
THURSDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Isolated thunderstorms may develop Saturday afternoon, but the
forecast trend will be toward drier and hotter conditions through
the weekend. Heat index values of 105 to 110 degrees will become
common by early next week, and the heat is forecast to intensify
through Tuesday. Expect heat advisories and potentially extreme heat
warnings to be issued for portions of eastern Oklahoma and northwest
Arkansas for the first part of the week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

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