Weather alert issued by the National Weather Service

Wed, Feb 1, 2012, 1:40 PM CST

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHERN GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 136 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APLIN TO AROUND HOLLIS... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PERRYVILLE... MAUMELLE... LAKE MAUMELLE... WILLIAMS JUNCTION... ROLAND... PINNACLE MTN... MAYFLOWER... LONG MTN... LITTLE ITALY... LENA LNDG REC AREA... LAKE WINONA... LAKE SYLVIA... LAKE NORRELL... LAKE LAGO... LAKE CONWAY... JESSIEVILLE... HOT SPGS VILLAGE... HARRIS BRAKE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 142.

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.