| Event | Extreme Heat Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Grant; Kay; Garfield; Noble; Kingfisher; Logan; Payne; Canadian; Oklahoma; Lincoln; Grady; McClain; Cleveland; Pottawatomie; Seminole |
| Effective | 8/17/2026, 11:48:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/18/2026, 2:00:00 AM CDT |
Extreme Heat Warning issued August 17 at 11:48AM CDT until August 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Norman OK
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with air temperatures over 105
degrees expected.
* WHERE…Portions of central, east central, and northern Oklahoma.
* WHEN…From 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.
Instructions
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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