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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
242 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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Lonoke AR-Faulkner AR-Saline AR-Pulaski AR-
242 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LONOKE...SOUTHEASTERN FAULKNER...EAST CENTRAL SALINE
AND EASTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...

At 242 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Protho
Junction, or near Downtown Little Rock, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Little Rock...                    North Little Rock...
Sherwood...                       Jacksonville...
Downtown Little Rock...           North Little Rock Airport...
Little Rock AFB...                Southwest Little Rock...
Wrightsville...                   Argenta...
Keo...                            Gravel Ridge...
Ironton...                        Estes...
Meto...                           Toltec Mounds State Park...
Olmstead...                       East End...
Protho Junction...                Lakewood...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for central
Arkansas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3454 9238 3481 9236 3507 9215 3458 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 251DEG 31KT 3473 9221

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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