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Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Issued at Wed 3:12 PM Aug. 26

Issued by: National Weather Service

Description

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 628 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 43 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONWAY FAULKNER GARLAND GRANT LONOKE PERRY POPE PRAIRIE PULASKI SALINE WHITE YELL IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON LAWRENCE MONROE RANDOLPH WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS BAXTER BOONE CLEBURNE FULTON INDEPENDENCE IZARD MARION NEWTON SEARCY SHARP STONE VAN BUREN IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS BRADLEY CLEVELAND JEFFERSON IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS CALHOUN CLARK DALLAS HOT SPRING OUACHITA PIKE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS JOHNSON LOGAN MONTGOMERY POLK SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARKADELPHIA, ASH FLAT, ATTICA, AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE, BENTON, BOONEVILLE, BRINKLEY, BRYANT, BULL SHOALS, CABOT, CALICO ROCK, CAMDEN, CAVE CITY, CHEROKEE VILLAGE, CLARENDON, CLARKSVILLE, CLINTON, CONWAY, COTTON PLANT, DANVILLE, DARDANELLE, DE VALLS BLUFF, DES ARC, FAIRFIELD BAY, FLIPPIN, FORDYCE, GLENWOOD, HAMPTON, HARDY, HARRISON, HAZEN, HEBER SPRINGS, HORSESHOE BEND, HOT SPRINGS, HOXIE, JASPER, KINGSLAND, LESLIE, LITTLE ROCK, LONOKE, MALVERN, MAMMOTH SPRING, MARSHALL, MCCRORY, MELBOURNE, MENA, MORRILTON, MOUNT IDA, MOUNTAIN HOME, MOUNTAIN VIEW, MURFREESBORO, NEWPORT, NORMAN, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, OLA, OXFORD, PARIS, PERRYVILLE, PINE BLUFF, POCAHONTAS, RISON, RUSSELLVILLE, SEARCY, SHERIDAN, SUMMIT, THORNTON, WALDRON, WALNUT RIDGE, WARREN, WESTERN GROVE, AND YELLVILLE.

Full details

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Issued at Wed 5:36 PM Aug. 26

Issued by: National Weather Service

Description

At 535 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Houston, or near Perryville, moving east at 10 mph.
Hazard: Ping pong 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 Perryville Oppelo Menifee Perry Houston Little Italy Wye Mountain Toad Suck Bigelow Fourche Antioch in Perry County Wye Oak Grove in Perry County New Dixie Pleasant Valley in Perry CountyThornburg

Recommended Action

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.