THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTH CENTRAL INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS… NORTHEASTERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… EASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… NORTHWESTERN WOODRUFF COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS…
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 750 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 6 MILES SOUTH OF THURMAN…OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LONOKE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… SEARCY… AUGUSTA… WEST POINT… THURMAN… RUSSELL… PRYOR… KENSETT… JUDSONIA… HURRICANE LAKE WMA… HIGGINSON… BALD KNOB… WORDEN… WOODLAWN… WALKER… VINITY CORNER… VELVET RIDGE… THIDA… POSSUM GRAPE…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 182 AND 183.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…INDEPENDENCE, JACKSON, LONOKE, PRAIRIE, WHITE, AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES TIL 8:30 PM 4-15-2012
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