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Tornado Warning
Issued: 8:09 AM May. 8, 2024 – National Weather Service
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL LONOKE COUNTY... At 308 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Sisemore, or near Lonoke, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include... Carlisle... McCreanor... Parkers Corner... Pettus... Culler... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. && TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 8:07 AM May. 8, 2024 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL PRAIRIE...LONOKE...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS COUNTIES... At 307 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Meto to 6 miles east of Toltec Mounds State Park to near Keo, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Lonoke... Hazen... England... Carlisle... Redfield... Humphrey... Humnoke... Keo... Barrettsville... Brummitt... Prairie Center... Meto... Parkers Corner... Toltec Mounds State Park... McCreanor... Sisemore... Hensley Island... South Bend... Allport... Coy... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for central Arkansas. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE; THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 6:00 AM May. 8, 2024 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 200 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS FAULKNER GARLAND GRANT LONOKE PERRY PRAIRIE PULASKI SALINE WHITE IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON LAWRENCE WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS CLEBURNE INDEPENDENCE IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS CLARK HOT SPRING PIKE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS MONTGOMERY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARKADELPHIA, AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE, BENTON, BRYANT, CABOT, CONWAY, COTTON PLANT, DE VALLS BLUFF, DES ARC, GLENWOOD, HAZEN, HEBER SPRINGS, HOT SPRINGS, HOXIE, LITTLE ROCK, LONOKE, MALVERN, MCCRORY, MOUNT IDA, MURFREESBORO, NEWPORT, NORMAN, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, PERRYVILLE, SEARCY, SHERIDAN, AND WALNUT RIDGE.
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