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

Event	Special Weather Statement
Severity	Moderate
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Observed
Area	Northern Crawford; North and Central Sebastian; Southern Crawford; Central and Southern Franklin; Southern Sebastian; Northern Sequoyah; Northern Le Flore; Central and Southern Sequoyah; Central Le Flore
Effective	8/21/2026, 4:55:00 AM CDT
Expires	8/21/2026, 5:30:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 4:55AM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

Details

At 455 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 4 miles
southeast of Gans, moving southeast at 30 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…
Charleston… Cedarville…
Greenwood… Alma…
Barling… Pocola…
Muldrow… Roland…
Lavaca… Spiro…
Arkoma… Panama…
Hackett… Bonanza…
Gans… Cameron…

This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 12.
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 308 and 328.
Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 14.

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.