Severe Thunderstorm Warning 04/30/2025 11:40 for Arkansas, Oklahoma areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 30 at 1:40PM CDT until April 30 at 2:30PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 30, 2025 - 11:40am
Expires: 
April 30, 2025 - 12:30pm
Description: 
SVRTSA The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas... Southeastern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma... * Until 230 PM CDT. * At 140 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Howe to 4 miles east of Octavia, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations in or near the path include... Octavia... Lake Wister State Park... Heavener... Howe... Patterson... Hartford... Hodgen... Muse... Big Cedar... Huntington...
Instruction: 
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for west central Arkansas...and southeastern Oklahoma.
Area Description: 
Sebastian, AR; Le Flore, OK
Forcast Office: 
NWS Tulsa OK