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WWUS54 KMEG 290113
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
813 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
ARC035-037-123-290130-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260429T0130Z/
ST. FRANCIS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-CROSS AR-
813 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ST. FRANCIS...SOUTHWESTERN CRITTENDEN AND SOUTHEASTERN CROSS
COUNTIES...
AT 812 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WIDENER, OR NEAR
MADISON, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
HUGHES, MADISON, VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK, WIDENER, JENNETTE, NEW
HOME, RAWLINSON, WHITMORE, COTTONWOOD CORNER, PENJUR, JONQUIL, MUD
LAKE, BURNT CANE, ROUND POND, GREASY CORNER, CICALLA, HETH, CLARKS
CORNER, BLACKFISH, AND KINTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 243 AND
264.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3494 9075 3515 9075 3525 9042 3491 9040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 260DEG 27KT 3506 9064
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
CJC
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