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WWUS84 KMEG 241345
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
845 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
ARZ026>028-035-036-048-TNZ048-049-241415-
POINSETT AR-CRAIGHEAD AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-CROSS AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-
CRITTENDEN AR-TIPTON TN-LAUDERDALE TN-
845 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD
NORTHERN
ST. FRANCIS...EASTERN POINSETT...SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN
CRITTENDEN...CROSS...WESTERN TIPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE
COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...
AT 845 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEPANTO TO 7 MILES EAST OF CHERRY VALLEY
TO NEAR HUNTER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORREST CITY, WYNNE, OSCEOLA, TRUMANN, MARKED TREE, EARLE, LEPANTO,
CARAWAY, PARKIN, WILSON, MADISON, TYRONZA, KEISER, VILLAGE CREEK
STATE PARK, FORT PILLOW STATE PARK, CHERRY VALLEY, JOINER, CALDWELL,
CRAWFORDSVILLE, AND DYESS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 236 AND 259.
INTERSTATE 55 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 52.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3523 9104 3544 9071 3578 9039 3572 8972
3540 9004 3538 9008 3533 9011 3498 9078
3503 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 275DEG 35KT 3568 9037 3538 9063 3511 9116
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
AEH
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