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WWUS74 KLZK 181646
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1146 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
ARZ031-032-039-043-044-121-122-130-138-230-238-191200-
/O.NEW.KLZK.XH.W.0005.260819T1600Z-260820T0100Z/
/O.CON.KLZK.XH.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260819T0100Z/
CONWAY-FAULKNER-PERRY-SALINE-PULASKI-SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY-
SOUTHERN POPE COUNTY-WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY-NORTHWEST
YELL COUNTY-SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY-YELL EXCLUDING
NORTHWEST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRYANT, RUSSELLVILLE, SUBIACO, PARIS, CONWAY,
ATKINS, PLAINVIEW, DARDANELLE, MORRILTON, OLA, HAVANA, LONDON,
CLARKSVILLE, HECTOR, BOONEVILLE, HARTMAN, BENTON, CAULKSVILLE, NORTH
LITTLE ROCK, COAL HILL, MOUNT MAGAZINE, KNOXVILLE, WAVELAND,
PERRYVILLE, BLUE MOUNTAIN, DANVILLE, LITTLE ROCK, AND SUGAR GROVE
1146 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO
AROUND OR OVER 110.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST EXTREME HEAT WARNING, UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. FOR THE SECOND EXTREME HEAT WARNING, FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM
CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING
EXTREME HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY EVENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
ARZ045>047-057-191200-
/O.NEW.KLZK.XH.W.0005.260819T1600Z-260820T0100Z/
/O.CON.KLZK.HT.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-260819T0100Z/
LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-ARKANSAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DES ARC, DE VALLS BLUFF, CABOT, CLARENDON,
STUTTGART, DE WITT, HAZEN, BRINKLEY, AND LONOKE
1146 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FOR THE HEAT ADVISORY, HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109. FOR THE
EXTREME HEAT WARNING, DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX
VALUES AT OR ABOVE 110 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...LONOKE, PRAIRIE, MONROE, AND ARKANSAS COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FOR THE HEAT ADVISORY, UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. FOR THE
EXTREME HEAT WARNING, FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING
EXTREME HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY EVENTS. HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
ARZ004-005-014-024-033-042-052>056-062>069-103-112-113-123-137-140-
141-203-212-213-221>223-237-240-241-313-340-341-191200-
/O.NEW.KLZK.HT.Y.0022.260819T1600Z-260820T0100Z/
/O.CON.KLZK.HT.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-260819T0100Z/
MARION-BAXTER-STONE-CLEBURNE-WHITE-GARLAND-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-
GRANT-JEFFERSON-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA-CALHOUN-
BRADLEY-DREW-BOONE COUNTY EXCEPT SOUTHWEST-
NEWTON COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-SEARCY COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
SOUTHEAST VAN BUREN COUNTY-NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY-
POLK COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY-
BOONE COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-NEWTON COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
NORTHWEST SEARCY COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-
JOHNSON COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-POPE COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-
VAN BUREN COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY-
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-
EASTERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN SEARCY COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-
SOUTHEAST POLK COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-
SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY HIGHER ELEVATIONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WALDRON, NOGO, ARKADELPHIA, OARK, JASPER,
PONCA, Y CITY, KINGSLAND, SEARCY, SHERIDAN, RISON, FLIPPIN, CAMDEN,
OZONE, TILLY, RICH MOUNTAIN, BOLES, MCGEHEE, BOTKINBURG, HATFIELD,
STORY, DENNARD, LESLIE, BIG FORK, FAIRFIELD BAY, HEBER SPRINGS,
GOULD, NORMAN, STAR CITY, ALBERT, MONTICELLO, YELLVILLE, GRANNIS,
MARSHALL, SAINT JOE, CLINTON, MANSFIELD, BOXLEY, NUNLEY, MOUNTAIN
FORK, BULL SHOALS, MENA, GILBERT, PINDALL, SHIRLEY, HARTLEY, ACORN,
PINE BLUFF, MOUNTAIN VIEW, HOT SPRINGS, HAMPTON, DEER, DUMAS,
MALVERN, WARREN, HARRISON, WESTERN GROVE, GLENWOOD, ARBAUGH, BEEBE,
PELSOR, DAMASCUS, THORNTON, SUMMIT, SCOTLAND, MURFREESBORO, MOUNTAIN
HOME, FORDYCE, AND MOUNT IDA
1146 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST,
AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST HEAT ADVISORY, UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
FOR THE SECOND HEAT ADVISORY, FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
ARZ015-016-025-034-191200-
/O.NEW.KLZK.HT.Y.0022.260819T1600Z-260820T0100Z/
IZARD-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OXFORD, MELBOURNE, AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE,
NEWPORT, CALICO ROCK, COTTON PLANT, MCCRORY, AND HORSESHOE BEND
1146 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...JACKSON, WOODRUFF, INDEPENDENCE, AND IZARD COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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