Tornado Warning, LeFlore, Sequoyah Counties

 

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
548 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARC033-131-OKC079-135-262315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-CRAWFORD AR-SEQUOYAH OK-LE FLORE OK-
548 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

…TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE…SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH…CRAWFORD AND
NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES…

AT 543 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR ARKOMA…
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE…BARLING…
DORA…VAN BUREN…SHIBLEY…FIGURE FIVE…FURRY…KIBLER…
CONCORD…ALMA…RUDY…DYER AND MULBERRY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM…TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

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