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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 10:44 PM Sep. 23, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Franklin County in west central Arkansas... Crawford County in northwestern Arkansas... Northern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas... Southeastern Sequoyah County in east central Oklahoma... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 544 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 3 miles northwest of Fern to 4 miles southeast of Muldrow, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations in or near the path include... Jethro... Alma... Shibley... Dyer... Kibler... Bidville... Mountainburg... Central City... Rye Hill... Moffett... Fort Smith... Locke... Fort Smith Regional Airport... Vesta... Cecil... Lonelm... Van Buren... Muldrow... Rudy... Lavaca... This includes the following highways, Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 38. Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 319 and 328. Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 14. Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 35. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern and west central Arkansas...and southeastern and east central Oklahoma. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 10:38 PM Sep. 23, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas... Southeastern Sequoyah County in east central Oklahoma... Eastern Haskell County in southeastern Oklahoma... Northern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 538 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Fort Smith... Greenwood... Barling... Pocola... Muldrow... Lavaca... Spiro... Arkoma... Panama... Hackett... Bonanza... Keota... Mccurtain... Bokoshe... Gans... Cameron... Fort Smith Regional Airport... Jenny Lind... Excelsior... Mc Curtain... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 10:01 PM Sep. 23, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Crawford County in northwestern Arkansas... Northwestern Franklin County in west central Arkansas... Northern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas... Northeastern Sequoyah County in east central Oklahoma... Southeastern Adair County in northeastern Oklahoma... * Until 800 PM CDT. * At 501 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Fort Smith... Van Buren... Sallisaw... Cedarville... Mountainburg... Natural Dam... Alma... Muldrow... Roland... Mulberry... Dyer... Gans... Chester... Moffett... Rudy... Figure Five... Lee Creek... Short... Lake Fort Smith... Brushy... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Tornado Watch
Issued: 8:24 PM Sep. 23, 2025 – National Weather Service
TORNADO WATCH 618 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON AR IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ADAIR DELAWARE MAYES OKMULGEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENTONVILLE, BERRYVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLAREMORE, EUFAULA, EUREKA SPRINGS, FAYETTEVILLE, FORT SMITH, GROVE, HUNTSVILLE, JAY, MCALESTER, MUSKOGEE, OKMULGEE, OZARK, POTEAU, PRYOR, ROGERS, SALLISAW, SPRINGDALE, STIGLER, STILWELL, TAHLEQUAH, TULSA, VAN BUREN, WAGONER, AND WILBURTON.
Flood Watch
Issued: 4:17 PM Sep. 23, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of Arkansas, including the following counties, Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and Washington and Oklahoma, including the following counties, Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Le Flore, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa and Wagoner. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected through Wednesday morning across northeast Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas, and west central Arkansas. This may lead to storm total rainfall amounts of up to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts of 6 inches possible in the watch area. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. &&
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