Tornado EMERGENCY in Little Rock

NWS Little Rock is in the path and taking shelter now. NWS Memphis has assumed their warning operations.

Tornado Debris Signature on radar with debris ball.

Chaser Brett Adair reports damage with multiple vehicles thrown.

The tornado is moving into a heavily populated area.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
228 PM CDT FRI MAR 31 2023

…TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR METRO LITTLE ROCK…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
NORTHERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
SOUTHEASTERN FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
SOUTH CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…
NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS…

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.

* AT 227 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS
OBSERVED OVER BURNS PARK, OR NEAR WEST LITTLE ROCK, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR METRO LITTLE ROCK. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD…DEADLY TORNADO.

SOURCE…RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT…YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LITTLE ROCK… NORTH LITTLE ROCK…
SHERWOOD… JACKSONVILLE…
CABOT… WEST LITTLE ROCK…
MAUMELLE… DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT… LITTLE ROCK AFB…
SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK… BEEBE…
WARD… AUSTIN IN LONOKE COUNTY…
ARGENTA… OLD AUSTIN…
PARNELL… GRAVEL RIDGE…
OLMSTEAD… THURMAN…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

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