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Dangerous Heat in the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

Dangerous heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through Friday with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week. Strong to severe thunderstorms may produce damaging wind, hail, a tornado or two, heavy rain and flash flooding across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Heavy rainfall threat continues across the Gulf Coast. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 3:42:48 pm CDT

Isolated thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon across portions of southeast Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas. However, coverage is likely to be much less than Wednesday.
Relatively cooler conditions continue Friday, then dangerous heat returns areawide this weekend. Heat stress will likely impact daytime outdoor activities this weekend and next week. Drink plenty of water and take breaks in shade when spending time outdoors.
An extended period of hot and dry weather is expected to close out August and is likely to persist into the first part of September. The ongoing drought situation will worsen. Hot and windy conditions over the weekend and into next week will yield localized fire weather concerns each day. Temperatures will be a touch cooler today and Friday in some areas. There is a slight chance for afternoon storms over west- central Arkansas and neighboring east-central Oklahoma on Thursday.
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