Izard

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	Current Severe Weather

	Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Statement as of 12:39 PM CDT on July 12, 2009 ... A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 100 am CDT for eastern Izard... central sharp and southeastern Fulton counties... At 1239 am CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to indicate a severe thunderstorm capable of producing quarter size hail... and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. This storm was located near Evening Shade... moving south at 30 mph. Other locations in the warning include but are not limited to Sidney and Mount Pleasant. Precautionary/preparedness actions... In addition to large hail and damaging winds... continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately! Lightning is one of natures number one killers. Remember... if you can hear thunder... you are close enough to be struck by lightning. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 am CDT Sunday morning for eastern Arkansas. Lat... Lon 3627 9187 3635 9148 3610 9134 3598 9135 3595 9181 time... Mot... loc 0540z 340deg 26kt 3610 9159 62 1238 am CDT sun Jul 12 2009 The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... eastern Fulton County in north central Arkansas north central Izard County in north central Arkansas north central Sharp County in north central Arkansas * until 115 am CDT * at 1238 am CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing nickel size hail... and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. This storm was located 8 miles northeast of Moko... moving south at 30 mph. * The severe thunderstorm will be near... Moko around 1245 am CDT... Salem around 100 am CDT... Lake Thunderbird... Cherokee Village around 115 am CDT... Precautionary/preparedness actions... This is a dangerous storm. If you are in its path... prepare immediately for damaging winds... destructive hail... and deadly cloud to ground lightning. People outside should move to a shelter... preferably inside a strong building but away from windows. Report severe weather to the nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service forecast office in Little Rock. Lat... Lon 3633 9132 3623 9187 3650 9189 3650 9147 time... Mot... loc 0538z 342deg 26kt 3656 9177 62

	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Statement as of 12:35 PM CDT on July 12, 2009 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of northeast Arkansas northwest Mississippi Effective this Sunday morning from 1235 am until 600 am CDT. Hail to 2 inches in diameter... thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph... and dangerous lightning are possible in these areas. The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest of Walnut Ridge Arkansas to 120 miles south of Jonesboro Arkansas. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (wous64 kwns wou2). Remember... a Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. Discussion... intense complex of thunderstorms will likely continue ssewd across ww through the early morning hours within feed of very unstable air along nose of 25-35 kt wly llj. Activity might tend to become a small bowing linear complex over nern AR if storms can organize along a common cold pool. Large hail... damaging winds and heavy rain will all be threats with this activity. Aviation... 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 600. Mean storm motion vector 34035. ... Evans