Tropical Storm Arthur and Heavy Rainfall in the South; Severe Weather in the Midwest

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is expected across portions of Illinois and Indiana tonight. Intense tornadoes, swaths of damaging gusts, and hail in excess of 2 inches in diameter possible. Tropical Storm Arthur will continue to produce strong winds across coastal Upper Texas and Louisiana tonight, as well as potentially life-threatening flooding across southern Louisiana into Mississippi. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 7:18:41 am CDT

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Excessive Heat on Thursday

Heavy Rain/Flooding Possible - Thurs. & Fri.

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Hot and humid conditions will continue ahead of a front across portions of southern Oklahoma and western-north Texas on Thursday afternoon into evening.

Showers and thunderstorms with the potential to produce heavy rainfall are expected to develop Thursday evening and continue into Friday morning.

Severe thunderstorms will be possible Thursday afternoon into night with large hail and damaging winds as the main concerns.

Thunderstorms, some severe will develop across northern and western Oklahoma late today and this evening and then move east and southeast across the area overnight into Friday morning.

A few severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of southeast Oklahoma Friday morning, posing a risk for damaging wind gusts and large hail.

Strong to severe storms are possible Saturday night across northern Oklahoma. Damaging wind gusts will be the main hazard as well as some risk of large hail

Hot and humid conditions are expected Thursday ahead of a front, with chances for severe weather and locally heavy rainfall increasing by the evening hours into Friday morning. An increasingly rainy/stormy pattern arrives late this week and continues this weekend into early next week.

Local Weather History For June 18th...

Severe thunderstorms brought very large hail to parts of central and
north-central Oklahoma on June 18, 1992. Baseball-size hail fell near
Yale, Kingfisher, Cashion, and El Reno, damaging roofs, windows, and
automobiles. The storms also produced four weak, short-lived,
tornadoes.

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