TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS

TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

WESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
WESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...


AT 11:08 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEINER AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

JONESBORO BY 11:31 PM CDT
BROOKLAND BY 11:39 PM CDT
PARAGOULD BY 11:52 PM CDT
OAK GROVE HEIGHTS BY 11:56 PM CDT
LEACHVILLE BY 11:57 PM CDT
CARDWELL AND LAFE BY MIDNIGHT CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRUDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET. USE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR A VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF NO BUILDING IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

JACKSON