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Areas of Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rain with Possible Flooding into this Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend with heat advisories in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through Sunday could bring areas of flooding to parts of the upper Midwest, central Great Lakes, southern New England and Virginia/North Carolina tidewater region. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 8:11:17 pm CDT

Continued hot weather and lower relative humidities will combine with increased south to southwest winds and drought-stricken fuels to increase the fire weather threat across parts of eastern Oklahoma and far western Arkansas on Saturday. Burn bans remain in effect for most of the area. Use caution to avoid inadvertent fire starts!
Hot and humid conditions will continue through the week. Continue to take your heat related precautions when spending time outdoors.
Shower and storm chances increase late weekend into early next week as a cold front is forecast to move through eastern OK and northwest AR.
Unseasonably hot weather will continue this week with low storm chances Thursday. Rain chances increase Sunday into Sunday night and into early next week.
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