URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 184
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
615 PM CDT Tue May 5 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  North Central Arkansas

* Effective this Tuesday night from 615 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify along a cold front
and spread eastward across the watch area this evening.  A few
supercells are expected, capable of hail, damaging winds, and
perhaps tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles
north and south of a line from 15 miles south southwest of Fort
Smith AR to 30 miles south of Walnut Ridge AR. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 26030.

...Hart