FORECAST: Dangerous heat persists with storm chances this evening

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING for Creek, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Sequoyah & Washington counties Thursday from Noon to 9 PM

HEAT ADVISORY for Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Latimer, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee [OK], Chautauqua, Montgomery [KS] counties Thursday from Noon to 9 PM.

• Warm and humid overnight and into Thursday morning
• Hot and humid each day for the rest of the week
  • Highs 95° to 100°
  • Heat index climbing to 105° to 115° each afternoon
• A higher chance of scattered storms by afternoon and evening Thursday
• A storm or two may be severe with a high wind and hail threat
• Another round of storms is possible Friday into early Saturday
• Seasonably hot next week