Little Rock, Arkansas

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): North and Central Sebastian; Southern Crawford; Central and Southern Franklin; Tulsa; Rogers; Mayes; Creek; Okfuskee; Okmulgee; Wagoner; Muskogee; McIntosh; Pittsburg; Haskell; Northern Le Flore; Central and Southern Sequoyah
Effective: 2026-08-05 @ 3:22 am -> 2026-08-05 @ 3:30 pm
Onset: 2026-08-05 @ 12:00 pm -> 2026-08-05 @ 8:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Tulsa OK on 2026-08-05 @ 3:22 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 5 at 3:22AM CDT until August 5 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 106 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Arkansas and east
central, northeast, and southeast Oklahoma.

* WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses are possible especially impacting
those not acclimated to the conditions or those performing
strenuous activities.

Alert: Air Quality Alert
Area(s): Crittenden; DeSoto; Shelby
Effective: 2026-08-04 @ 3:50 pm -> 2026-08-05 @ 5:30 pm
Onset: 2026-08-04 @ 3:50 pm
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Issued By: NWS Memphis TN on 2026-08-04 @ 3:51 pm
Headline: Air Quality Alert issued August 4 at 3:50PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Description: AQAMEG

The Shelby County Health Department has issued a Code Orange Ozone
Forecast effective for Shelby County Tennessee, Crittenden County
Arkansas, and DeSoto County Mississippi, including the city of
Memphis for Wednesday. This ozone forecast is due to forecasted ozone
values that will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. These values will
exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's federal safe health
standard. The Shelby County Health Department recommends that
sensitive groups which include active children and adults, and
people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, limit prolonged
outdoor exertion.

Please continue to check the latest air quality forecasts and updates
until monitored values return to safe levels. For more information go
to www.airnow.gov.