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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
751 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 750 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FORREST CITY, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORREST CITY, HUGHES, MADISON, PALESTINE, VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK,
CALDWELL, COLT, WIDENER, JENNETTE, NEW HOME, COTTONWOOD CORNER,
SLONIKERS MILL, JONQUIL, MUD LAKE, NEW CASTLE, ROUND POND,
BLACKFISH, KINTON, NORTH HUGHES, AND HICKS STATION.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 233 AND
264.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3496 9091 3509 9093 3525 9042 3491 9040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 255DEG 24KT 3503 9085
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
CJC
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