| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | North and Central Sebastian; Southern Crawford; Central and Southern Franklin; Southern Sebastian; Haskell; Latimer; Northern Le Flore; Central and Southern Sequoyah; Central Le Flore; Southern Le Flore |
| Effective | 6/14/2026, 3:06:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 6/14/2026, 3:30:00 AM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued June 14 at 3:06AM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK
Details
At 305 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 4 miles northwest of Mc Curtain to 5 miles
southwest of Hartford to 5 miles southeast of Booneville. Movement
was south 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…
Fort Smith… Van Buren…
Sallisaw… Poteau…
Stigler… Greenwood…
Barling… Pocola…
Muldrow… Heavener…
Roland… Lavaca…
Spiro… Arkoma…
Panama… Mansfield…
Wister… Hackett…
Howe… Hartford…
This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 2.
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 298 and 328.
Interstate 540 between mile markers 3 and 14.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
northwestern and west central Arkansas…and southeastern and east
central Oklahoma.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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