The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Little River County in southwestern Arkansas… Northwestern Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas… Sevier County in southwestern Arkansas… Howard County in southwestern Arkansas… Eastern McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma… Northern Bowie County in northeastern Texas…

• Until 145 AM CDT.

• At 1249 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 13 miles west of Gillham to 13 miles northwest of DeKalb, moving east at 50 mph.

• HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

• Locations impacted include… De Queen, Ashdown, Nashville, Mineral Springs, Dierks, Horatio, Foreman, Umpire, Lockesburg, Wilton, Tollette, Winthrop, Ogden, Gillham, Ben Lomond, Corinth, Arkinda, Athens, Richmond and Center Point.
  

• THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT…CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
  MAX HAIL SIZE…0.88 IN WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST…70 MPH

• Instructions: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
  Target Area:
  Hempstead
  Howard
  Little River
  Sevier