Tornado Emergency for Fordyce

EMERGENCY ALERT!

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
739 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

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CLEVELAND AR-JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR-
739 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN…
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM
CST…

…TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA…

AT 736 PM CST…STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH REPORTS OF
DAMAGE IN FORDYCE. THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GRAYS LAKE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO
THE TORNADO…THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL
UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

  • LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE…
    RISON… GRAYS LAKE… TOLEDO…
    NEBO… KEDRON… FEENYVILLE…
    YORKTOWN… TARRY… RANDALL…
    PINEBERGEN… LADD… GRIFFITH SPRING…
    GLENLAKE… GLENDALE… FAITH…
    CALMER… WILSON LAKE… UNIONVILLE…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 46.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TO REPEAT…A VIOLENT TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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LAT…LON 3384 9226 3398 9233 3425 9195 3397 9175
TIME…MOT…LOC 0139Z 242DEG 46KT 3394 9222

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