891  
WWUS84 KTSA 181856  
SPSTSA  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK  
156 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
 
ARZ011-020-181930-  
MADISON AR-FRANKLIN AR-  
156 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON AND  
FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...  
 
AT 155 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A  
LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FERN TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF  
OZARK TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BRANCH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...  
DUTTON... JETHRO...  
CASS... ALTUS...  
DENNING... ETNA...  
ALIX... BARNES...  
PETTIGREW... REDDING...  
WATALULA... MEG...  
TONEY... PETER PENDER...  
TURNERS BEND... WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...  
CECIL... LONELM...  
TAFT... OZARK...  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND  
42.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3577 9355 3577 9370 3539 9371 3538 9376  
3542 9380 3537 9381 3533 9399 3561 9402  
3588 9364  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 242DEG 30KT 3562 9398 3553 9393 3540 9393  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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