Latest weather advisory

Issued by The National Weather Service
Little Rock, AR
3:56 pm CDT, Wed., Apr. 20, 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 354 PM CDT... 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 NORTH OF LAKE OUACHITA SP TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS MEM FLD TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEGRAY LAKE SP TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DEGRAY LAKE... AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PINEY... ROCKWELL... MALVERN... LAKE HAMILTON... HOT SPRINGS... DEGRAY LAKE... BENTON... TULL... TRASKWOOD... THIEL... ROCKPORT... PRATTSVILLE... POYEN... PERLA... MOUNTAIN PINE... LONSDALE... LENA LNDG REC AREA... LAKE OUACHITA SP...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 121.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS