Significant weather alert

Local Weather Alert

Significant Weather Advisory for Garland, AR

Other affected areas: 

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Perry, AR;  Garland, AR;  Saline, AR;  Pulaski, AR;  Hot Spring, AR;  Grant, AR

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Issued by The National Weather Service
Little Rock, AR

Tue, Jul 23, 2013, 1:56 PM CDT

... SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SALINE... SOUTHERN PULASKI... SOUTHERN PERRY... NORTHEASTERN HOT SPRING... NORTHWESTERN GRANT AND GARLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 151 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF LAKE WINONA TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENTON TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRYANT... AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS... ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE... HOT SPRINGS... BRYANT... BENTON... LAKE CATHERINE... TULL... TRASKWOOD... MOUNTAIN PINE... LONSDALE... LENA LNDG REC AREA... LAKE OUACHITA SP... LAKE CORONADO... LAKE BALBOA... JESSIEVILLE... HURRICANE LAKE... HOT SPRINGS NATL PARK... HASKELL... EAST END...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 124.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY... SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS... AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN... WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES... IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY... TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!