Midnight update: The following warning has been issued:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1155 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
UNTIL 100 AM CDT
AT 1151 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
WEST FORK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
- SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ELKINS...WESLEY...JAPTON...HUNTSVILLE...AURORA...WITTER AND
KINGSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. PEOPLE OUTDOORS
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
11 p.m. update: The National Weather Service has issued the following warning for Northwest Arkansas:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1056 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
- UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
- AT 1054 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GRANDVIEW TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESLEY TO
CHRISTIE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.]
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
- SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
CLIFTY...HINDSVILLE...GRANDVIEW...BARON...DRAKE FIELD AIRPORT...
URBANETTE...FORUM...BERRYVILLE...WITHROW SPRINGS STATE PARK...
HUNTSVILLE...OAK GROVE...WESLEY...PRAIRIE GROVE...GREENLAND...
LINCOLN...GREEN FOREST...MARBLE...RULE...ELKINS...RUDD...
KINGSTON...OSAGE...CARROLLTON...WEST FORK...BRENTWOOD...JAPTON...
WITTER AND AURORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. PEOPLE OUTDOORS
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
10:21 p.m. update: A new tornado warning has been issued:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
- TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
- UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
- AT 1013 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2
MILES WEST OF PEA RIDGE TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TONTITOWN TO 3
MILES NORTHEAST OF CINCINNATI...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
- SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
SPRINGDALE...GARFIELD...FARMINGTON...GATEWAY...WAR EAGLE...DRAKE
FIELD AIRPORT...FAYETTEVILLE...HOBBS STATE PARK...BEAVER...
CLIFTY...EUREKA SPRINGS...HINDSVILLE...ELKINS...FORUM...
GRANDVIEW...WESLEY...WITHROW SPRINGS STATE PARK...MARBLE...
HUNTSVILLE...URBANETTE...RULE...RUDD...GREEN FOREST...BERRYVILLE
AND OAK GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS...TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE!
&&
LAT...LON 3620 9346 3600 9381 3600 9453 3604 9454
3621 9426 3650 9419 3650 9339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 271DEG 34KT 3646 9409 3621 9414
3606 9440
9:40 p.m. update: A tornado warning has been issued for Benton and Washington counties.
WFUS54 KTSA 310237
TORTSA
ARC007-143-OKC001-041-310330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0041.130531T0237Z-130531T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
937 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
- TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
- UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
- AT 932 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
COLCORD TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLCORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
- SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MAYSVILLE...WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...DECATUR...
GENTRY...GRAVETTE...SPRINGTOWN...HIWASSE...HIGHFILL...NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT...BELLA VISTA...CAVE SPRINGS AND
TONTITOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3649 9421 3608 9420 3617 9479 3647 9472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 270DEG 25KT 3634 9464 3622 9469
Northwest Arkansas is under a tornado watch from 1:22 p.m. until 9 p.m. tonight.
Read about tornado safety here.
The Wakarusa Festival, scheduled to start this afternoon, was urging followers on Twitter and Facebook to seek shelter in vehicles when storms rolled through. Franklin County Judge Janet Powell said music had been delayed and she had declared a state of emergency.
The full watch from the National Weather Service:
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 252/253
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
122 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
ARC007-015-033-047-087-131-143-OKC001-021-023-041-061-077-079-115-
127-135-310200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.A.0253.130530T1825Z-130531T0200Z/
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 253 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD
MADISON WASHINGTON
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE SEQUOYAH
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ADAIR DELAWARE OTTAWA
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER
LE FLORE PUSHMATAHA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANTLERS...BENTONVILLE...
BERRYVILLE...CHARLESTON...CLAYTON...EUREKA SPRINGS...
FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUGO...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MIAMI...
OZARK...POTEAU...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...
STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...VAN BUREN AND WILBURTON.