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WWUS84 KTSA 181743
SPSTSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1243 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
ARZ019-029-OKZ072-076-181830-
SEBASTIAN AR-CRAWFORD AR-SEQUOYAH OK-LE FLORE OK-
1243 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CRAWFORD...NORTHERN SEBASTIAN
SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES THROUGH 130
PM CDT...
AT 1243 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRUSHY TO 2 MILES EAST OF
GANS TO 3 MILES EAST OF BOKOSHE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ALMA... SHIBLEY...
DYER... KIBLER...
MOUNTAINBURG... CENTRAL CITY...
CAMERON... POCOLA...
SPIRO... RYE HILL...
MOFFETT... SHADY POINT...
PANAMA... FORT SMITH...
EXCELSIOR... FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT...
VAN BUREN... MULDROW...
RUDY... LAVACA...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS,
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 23.
INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 315 AND 328.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 40.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3545 9407 3544 9408 3541 9408 3517 9415
3508 9479 3543 9466 3575 9421 3575 9413
3576 9412 3577 9412 3563 9407 3558 9407
3557 9405 3553 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 244DEG 32KT 3552 9470 3538 9465 3519 9473
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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