August 17, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Pawnee; Tulsa; Creek; Southeast Osage – Monday, August 17, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Pawnee; Tulsa; Creek; Southeast Osage
Effective 8/17/2026, 7:57:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/17/2026, 8:30:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 17 at 7:57AM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

Details

At 757 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Keystone State Park, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include…
Tulsa… Sand Springs…
Sapulpa… Jenks…
Skiatook… Mannford…
Sperry… Westport…
Osage… Keystone State Park…
Walnut Creek State Park… Jenks Riverside Airport…
Turley…

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 206 and 226.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.