Tuesday, April 26, 2011

April 26: Tornado Warning (Radar Indicated Tornado)- Near New Salem, AR


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST.
FRANCIS...NORTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTIES...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM...OR 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALESTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION...THERE IS ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NORTHEAST
OF THE TORNADIC CELL...BETWEEN CALDWELL AND FORREST CITY IN ST.
FRANCIS COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS
WITH THIS CELL.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORREST
CITY...MADISON...PALESTINE...L`ANGVILLE...FITZGERALD CROSSING...
WITTSBURG...LEVESQUE...RIVER FRONT...PRINCEDALE...MC DONALD...
CHATFIELD...POSEY...BLOSSOM AND GOODWIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEN
EGG SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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