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Moderate Severity Alert

Tornado Watch

Until Wed 4:00 am CDT

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Action Recommended

Attend to information sources as described in the instructions

Issued By

Tulsa - OK, US, National Weather Service

Affected Area

Sebastian County

Description

TORNADO WATCH 40 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON AR IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ADAIR DELAWARE OTTAWA IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS, BENTONVILLE, BERRYVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLAYTON, EUFAULA, EUREKA SPRINGS, FAYETTEVILLE, FORT SMITH, GROVE, HUGO, HUNTSVILLE, JAY, MCALESTER, MIAMI, MUSKOGEE, OZARK, POTEAU, ROGERS, SALLISAW, SPRINGDALE, STIGLER, STILWELL, TAHLEQUAH, VAN BUREN, AND WILBURTON.
Moderate Severity Alert

Special Weather Statement

Until Wed 1:15 am CDT

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Action Recommended

Avoid the subject event as per the instructions

Issued By

Tulsa - OK, US, National Weather Service

Affected Area

Sebastian County

Description

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN... CRAWFORD...NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON... SEQUOYAH...SOUTHERN ADAIR AND NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM CDT... At 1238 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Moffett, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Alma... Shibley... Dyer... Brushy... Kibler... Spiro... Moffett... Locke... Odell... Stilwell... Lonelm... Muldrow... Short... Gans... Rudy... Mulberry... Natural Dam... Devils Den State Park... Lake Fort Smith... Strickler... This includes the following highways, Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 29. Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 300 and 328. Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 14. Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 45. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for northwestern and west central Arkansas...and southeastern, northeastern and east central Oklahoma. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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