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Lala Approaching Hawaii; Flash Flooding Risks; Excessive Heat

Lala, may become a hurricane, is expected to impact Hawaii this weekend. Heavy rainfall, strong winds, dangerous surf and localized flooding are expected. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding concerns from the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley into the central Appalachians continues, with the threat shifting toward the mid-Atlantic later this weekend. Record heat continues for areas of the South. Read More >

Dangerous heat is expected Friday with triple digit high temperatures and heat index values as high as 113.
Scattered strong-severe thunderstorms, with a risk for damaging wind gusts, will continue across northwestern Oklahoma this evening. Patchy blowing dust will also be possible due to winds from thunderstorms/outflow.
Heat is forecast to continue well into next week, with highs over 100 degrees expected most days.
Know the signs of your body overheating before it becomes to late.
A persistent hot and dry pattern will promote continued fire weather concern across western portions of Oklahoma and north Texas into next week.

Local Weather History For August 14th...
On the morning of August 14, 2004, unseasonably cool air set a new
record in Wichita Falls, as the temperature dropped to 63 degrees.
This broke the previous record, set in 1992, by 1 degree. In Oklahoma
City, the cool air allowed the temperature to drop to 60 degrees.
This tied a record for Oklahoma City, which was previously set in
1967.

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