Air Quality Alert
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Air Quality Alert Message
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Relayed by National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026
...OZONE ACTION DAY...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued
an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Friday,
September 18, 2026.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
on Friday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a
ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work,
avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your
vehicle properly tuned.
For more information on ozone:
Ozone: The Facts (www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ozonefacts)
Air North Texas: (www.airnorthtexas.org)
EPA Air Now
(www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action.local_state&STATEID=45&TAB=0)
Take care of Texas (www.takecareoftexas.org)
North Central Texas Council of Governments Air Quality
(www.nctcog.org/trans/air/index.asp)
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1254 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026
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Northern Franklin-North and Central Sebastian-Southern Crawford-
Central and Southern Franklin-Southern Sebastian-Pushmataha-
Choctaw-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-Tulsa-Rogers-
Mayes-Delaware-Creek-Okfuskee-Okmulgee-Wagoner-Cherokee-Adair-
Muskogee-McIntosh-Pittsburg-Haskell-Latimer-Western Osage-
Northern Sequoyah-Northern Le Flore-Northeast Osage-
Central and Southern Sequoyah-Central Le Flore-Southeast Osage-
Southern Le Flore-
1254 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026
This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.
.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Northeast Oklahoma; West-central Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.
FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma; Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.
DISCUSSION...
Afternoon heat indices will climb to between 100 and 105, just
below Heat Advisory levels, across much of eastern Oklahoma and
northwest Arkansas. Limited fire weather danger conditions will
exist areawide. Winds will be stronger across northeast Oklahoma
and northwest Arkansas, but fuels are more favorable across
southeast Oklahoma due to lack of recent rainfall.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...No Hazards.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Stronger southwest winds on Saturday across northeast Oklahoma and
northwest Arkansas will again raise fire weather concerns.
A cold front will bring increasing rain and thunderstorm chances
this weekend into early next week, especially on Sunday
afternoon. There is a limited threat of severe weather with these
storms, with hail and wind the primary threats.
weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
247 AM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026
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Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
247 AM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.
.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.
A few thunderstorms are possible this evening in the extreme
southwest Texas Panhandle. Severe weather is unlikely.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
Showers and thunderstorms could affect much of the forecast area
Saturday afternoon and overnight, with chances continuing each day
through Thursday. Locally heavy rain and minor flooding are possible
almost any day, along with a threat for some strong thunderstorms.
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