⚠️ Special Weather Statement – North and Central Sebastian; Southern Crawford; Cherokee; Adair; Haskell; Northern Sequoyah; Northern Le Flore; Central and Southern Sequoyah – Friday, August 21, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 4:26AM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

Details

At 426 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Brushy Lake State Park, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
is possible.

Locations in or near the path include…
Fort Smith… Van Buren…
Sallisaw… Muldrow…
Roland… Bokoshe…
Gans… Marble City…
Moffett… Brushy…
Brushy Lake State Park… Bunch…
Short… Cowlington…
Box… Mc Key…
Cottonwood… Dora…

This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 3.
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 298 and 328.
Interstate 540 between mile markers 3 and 5.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.