THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… NORTHWESTERN FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… SOUTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 530 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRILTON TO NEAR PERRYVILLE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… PERRYVILLE… MORRILTON… GREERS FERRY LAKE… FAIRFIELD BAY… WOOSTER… WHIPPLE… TWIN GROVES… TOAD SUCK… ST. VINCENT… SPRINGFIELD… SOLGOHACHIA… SEQUOYA PARK… QUITMAN… PERRY… OPPELO… MIDDLETON… MENIFEE… MALLET TOWN…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 122.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
