⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Washington; Northern Crawford; Northern Franklin; Southern Crawford; Cherokee; Adair; Northern Sequoyah; Central and Southern Sequoyah – Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 3:25PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

Details

At 324 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 5 miles north of Bunch to near Lake Fort Smith.
Movement was southeast at 5 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…
Stilwell… Cedarville…
Mountainburg… Natural Dam…
Alma… Mulberry…
Dyer… Winslow…
Marble City… Chester…
Rudy… Adair State Park…
Brushy… Maryetta…
Brushy Lake State Park… Lee Creek…
Bunch… Short…
Devils Den State Park… Lake Fort Smith…

This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 11 and 22.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 44.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern and west central Arkansas…and northeastern and east
central Oklahoma.

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