TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 11:04 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED WALDENBURG AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

JONESBORO BY 11:31 PM CDT
BROOKLAND BY 11:41 PM CDT
MONETTE BY 11:53 PM CDT
PARAGOULD BY 11:54 PM CDT
OAK GROVE HEIGHTS BY 11:58 PM CDT
LEACHVILLE BY 11:59 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES! TAKE SHELTER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM!!

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