776  
WWUS84 KTSA 181817  
SPSTSA  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK  
117 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
 
ARZ001-010-OKZ069-181900-  
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-  
117 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BENTON  
WASHINGTON AND  
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT...  
 
AT 116 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES  
SOUTH OF PRAIRIE GROVE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...  
WOOLSEY... NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIR...  
ELKINS... CINCINNATI...  
SAVOY... TONTITOWN...  
LARUE... CAVE SPRINGS...  
WEDINGTON... GALLITIN...  
HOBBS STATE PARK... LINCOLN...  
WAR EAGLE... DEVILS DEN STATE PARK...  
STRICKLER... HIGHFILL...  
VAUGHN... MONTE NE...  
DRAKE FIELD AIRPORT... SILOAM SPRINGS...  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 92.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR  
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3631 9385 3631 9387 3628 9387 3575 9417  
3575 9426 3587 9471 3647 9441 3633 9384  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 205DEG 35KT 3591 9433  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
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