| Event | Extreme Heat Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Washington; Nowata; Craig; Pawnee; Tulsa; Rogers; Mayes; Creek; Okfuskee; Okmulgee; Wagoner; Western Osage; Northeast Osage; Southeast Osage |
| Effective | 8/17/2026, 11:29:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/18/2026, 10:00:00 AM CDT |
Extreme Heat Warning issued August 17 at 11:29AM CDT until August 19 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 111
expected.
* WHERE…Portions of east central and northeast Oklahoma.
* WHEN…From 1 PM Tuesday to 9 PM CDT Wednesday.
* 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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