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Severe Weather Bulletin

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
631 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BRYANT TO 6 MILES EAST OF
  TULL TO 4 MILES EAST OF DOGWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SW LITTLE ROCK...
  SHERIDAN...


  LITTLE ROCK ARPT...
  LITTLE ROCK NATIONAL AIRPORT...



 DWNTWN LITTLE ROCK...
  BRYANT...



 WRIGHTSVILLE...

 WHITE HALL...
  WARBRITTON...


TOLTEC MOUNDS SP...
SWEET HOME...
  SHANNON HILLS...

SCOTT...



  REDFIELD...
  PINE BLUFF ARSENAL... OTTER CREEK...

  ORION...
  MABELVALE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 140.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 430 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 35.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 630 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ARKANSAS.



                                    
Karen Tricot Steward was a News Anchor, Reporter and Content Development Director for UA Little Rock Public Radio.