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WUUS54 KTSA 090144
SVRTSA
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
844 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 844 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SHORT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
FORT SMITH... VAN BUREN...
CEDARVILLE... GREENWOOD...
ALMA... BARLING...
POCOLA... MULDROW...
ROLAND... LAVACA...
ARKOMA... DYER...
HACKETT... BONANZA...
MOFFETT... RUDY...
EXCELSIOR... FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT...
SHORT... BLOOMER...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS,
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 17.
INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 318 AND 328.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
LAT...LON 3530 9409 3509 9423 3531 9468 3564 9447
3548 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 297DEG 33KT 3550 9457
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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