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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Crittenden, AR; St. Francis, AR; DeSoto, MS +2 more

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At 435 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near T O Fuller State Park, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... West Memphis, Hughes, Memphis, Edmondson, Horseshoe Lake, Anthonyville, Lake...

What the bulletin says to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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Bulletin details

At 435 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near T O Fuller State Park, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... West Memphis, Hughes, Memphis, Edmondson, Horseshoe Lake, Anthonyville, Lake Cormorant, Simsboro, Pinckney, Robinsonville, Crittenden, Clack, Trinity, Browns, Commerce, Louise, Beck, Democrat, Glover, and Riceville. This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 256 and 264, and between mile markers 269 and 273.

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Official revisions

3 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 4:35PM CDT until August 17 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

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  2. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 4:15PM CDT until August 17 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

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  3. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 3:58PM CDT until August 17 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Memphis TN. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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