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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
943 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 12 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN FORK TO 12 MILES WEST OF
  VANDERVOORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALDRON...            MENA...
  CANEY CREEK WILDERNESS...                   WICKES...
  VANDERVOORT...        SHADY...
  QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK...
  POLK COUNTY FAIRGNDS...                     MOUNTAIN FORK...
  MENA INTERMOUNTAIN AIRPORT...               MCCAULEY...
  LAKE WILHELMINA...    LAKE MENA...          LAKE HINKLE...
  HATFIELD...           HARTLEY...
  COSSATOT RIVER STATE PARK...                BEAUCHAMP...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3481 9445 3494 9405 3441 9397 3435 9419
      3435 9424 3433 9425 3426 9447 3435 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 249DEG 28KT 3466 9457 3434 9452

$$

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