THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… NORTHWESTERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… SOUTHEASTERN IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… SOUTHWESTERN SHARP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… EASTERN CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… WESTERN FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEBER SPRINGS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… MELROSE… HEBER SPRINGS… BATESVILLE… SIDNEY… GREERS FERRY DAM… CUSHMAN… CROKER… CONCORD… CAVE CITY… WOODROW… SANDTOWN… SAINT JAMES… PRIM… PFEIFFER… MARCELLA… LOCUST GROVE… LAFFERTY… JAMES…
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.
