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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southwestern Hempstead County until 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night

National Weather Service Severe Thunderstorm Warning Southwestern Hempstead County
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southwestern Hempstead County until 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 8 at 10:09PM CDT until May 8 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Little River County in southwestern Arkansas...
Southwestern Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas...
Northern Miller County in southwestern Arkansas...
Southeastern Howard County in southwestern Arkansas...
Northeastern Bowie County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 1008 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Foreman, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Texarkana, Ashdown, Foreman, Red Lick, Wilton, Fulton, Ogden,
Mandeville, Richmond, Leary, McNab, Bright Star, Wallace, Millwood,
Hervey, Arden, Red Bank, Homan, Pine Prairie, and Red Bluff.

Instructions

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southwestern
Arkansas...and northeastern Texas. 

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