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

Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 3:56PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

Details

At 355 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 4 miles southeast of Cookson to 2 miles southeast
of Fern. Movement was southeast at 10 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… Stilwell…
Cedarville… Mountainburg…
Natural Dam… Alma…
Muldrow… Roland…
Lavaca… Lincoln…
Mulberry… Dyer…
Winslow… Branch…
Gans… Marble City…
Chester… Moffett…

This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 28.
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 301 and 328.
Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 9.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 49.

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 southeastern,
northeastern and east central Oklahoma.

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