740
WWUS84 KTSA 281715
SPSTSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1215 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
ARZ119-219-OKZ172-272-281745-
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD AR-NORTHERN CRAWFORD AR-NORTHERN SEQUOYAH OK-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SEQUOYAH OK-
1215 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND
EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...
AT 1214 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
NORTH OF GANS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
VAN BUREN... SALLISAW...
CEDARVILLE... NATURAL DAM...
ALMA... MULDROW...
ROLAND... GANS...
RUDY... FIGURE FIVE...
LEE CREEK... SHORT...
UNIONTOWN... DORA...
FURRY...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS,
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5, AND NEAR
MILE MARKER 12.
INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 306 AND 319, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 325 AND 328.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3544 9439 3545 9441 3544 9442 3535 9473
3536 9477 3548 9483 3564 9456 3564 9448
3568 9448 3574 9438 3550 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 238DEG 48KT 3544 9472
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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