289  
WFUS54 KTSA 200054  
TORTSA  
ARC033-047-131-200130-  
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0054.250520T0054Z-250520T0130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK  
754 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...  
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...  
NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...  
 
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 754 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARLING, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...  
JETHRO... CHARLESTON...  
KIBLER... CENTRAL CITY...  
BRANCH... EXCELSIOR...  
FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT... VESTA...  
CECIL... LONELM...  
URSULA... LAVACA...  
ALTUS... MULBERRY...  
DENNING... ETNA...  
ALIX... BARNES...  
GREENWOOD... BLOOMER...  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS,  
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 43.  
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 12.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A  
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY  
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN  
A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT  
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9372 3537 9375 3540 9379  
3542 9380 3533 9381 3532 9386 3532 9392  
3530 9392 3519 9431 3534 9441 3567 9380  
3551 9370  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 242DEG 53KT 3530 9428  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
 

 
 
MEJIA  
 
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