070  
WWUS84 KTSA 040726  
SPSTSA  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK  
226 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
 
ARZ019-020-029-040815-  
SEBASTIAN AR-FRANKLIN AR-CRAWFORD AR-  
226 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FRANKLIN  
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD  
AND EAST CENTRAL SEBASTIAN COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM CDT...  
 
AT 226 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A  
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FERN TO 6 MILES WEST OF OZARK TO 2 MILES  
EAST OF FORT CHAFFEE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...  
JETHRO... CASS...  
CHARLESTON... BIDVILLE...  
BRANCH... LOCKE...  
TURNERS BEND... VESTA...  
CECIL... LONELM...  
ALTUS... DENNING...  
ETNA... ALIX...  
BARNES... REDDING...  
WASHBURN... WATALULA...  
MEG... PINEY...  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND  
42.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR  
NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3542 9380 3531 9381  
3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9402 3515 9403  
3514 9410 3545 9403 3569 9412 3576 9394  
3576 9391 3577 9391 3577 9375 3576 9370  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 245DEG 29KT 3566 9402 3547 9395 3521 9402  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
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