Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Sun, Aug 30, 2026 at 2:32:28 am CDT

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Afternoon high temperatures are expected to be in the 100F to 106F range with triple digit heat index values. A heat advisory is in effect for parts of northern and central OK.

Elevated fire weather conditions are expected Sunday afternoon across western and parts of central Oklahoma and western north Texas due to hot temperatures, breezy winds, low humidity, and dry vegetation.

Fire weather conditions will be elevated again on Sunday and Monday. Hotter temperatures, drier air, increasing southerly winds, and very dry vegetation will increase the fire danger across our severely drought-stricken west.

It will be another prolonged period of triple-digit heat across the region through next week.

Dangerous heat will persist through next week. Elevated fire weather conditions are also expected across our west through Monday. Dry through next week as no rain is expected

Local Weather History For August 30th...

Severe thunderstorms moved south across western Oklahoma on this date
in 1959, leaving several swaths of extensive hail damage. The
Weatherford area was especially hard hit. Hail up to golf ball size
caused severe damage to roofs and windows on almost all homes and
buildings in the Weatherford area. Other hail paths, some of which
caused 100 percent crop damage, extended from Dill City, south to the
Red River in Cotton County, over Grandfield, Granite, and Headrick.
The storms continued into north Texas, where wind damage was reported
in the Burkburnett, Wichita Falls, Iowa Park, and Henrietta areas.
Wind gusts to 75 mph were measured.

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