Tulsa Weather: Heat Warning in effect as a sweltering weekend arrives

Extreme Heat Warning Friday

Our heat and humidity climb yet another notch to wrap up the week with significant heat stress concerns for our Friday.

A few very isolated showers are possible across eastern Oklahoma, but that chance will diminish in the afternoon and unfortunately it will not slow down the afternoon heat.

An Extreme Heat Warning is in effect in and around the Tulsa metro, as the combination of heat and humidity will push heat index values from 110 to 112 degrees. The rest of Green Country is under a Heat Advisory with heat index values as high as 109 expected in the advisory areas.

Please use a lot of caution with any outdoor activities today. Heat stress could set in very quickly.

As far as our highs today, we'll climb back in the upper 90s with some spots hitting the 100° mark on the thermometer.

South winds will be stronger, particularly across northeastern Oklahoma and southeast Kansas, with some gusts to 25 miles per hour this afternoon.

Steamy Weekend Weather

As we head into the weekend, the summer heat dome will start to weaken a bit as a stronger upper-level jet stream develops across the northern half of the country.

Despite that change in the upper levels of the atmosphere, the sweltering heat and humidity will continue. A few isolated showers could drift into eastern Oklahoma at times this weekend, but that is unlikely to provide any sort of noticeable heat relief Saturday into Sunday.

By the end of the weekend, some stronger upper-level flow gets closer to Oklahoma and that looks to bring the chance for scattered showers and storms closer to our viewing area for the first half of next week.

This should help us shave at least a few degrees off our temperatures with highs closer to the lower 90s by Monday into Tuesday.

Continue to check back for updates on those storm chances as we get closer.

Weekend River Level

If you're making plans to float the Illinois River this weekend, here's an update on the river level. As always, check ahead with your float operators.

Lake Levels

If you're making some lake recreation plans for the weekend, here's an update on our area lake levels.

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