THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 5:00 PM FOR…
EAST CENTRAL GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
NORTHEASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS…
WEST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
* AT 432 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONSDALE, OR 8 MILES WEST OF BENTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… BENTON… BRYANT… HASKELL… TRASKWOOD… LONSDALE… SALEM IN SALINE COUNTY… AVILLA… NANCE… CONGO… PARON… GRAPE… CROWS… BLAND…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 121.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE’S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING