Severe Thunderstorm Watch 05/18/2025 14:56 for Arkansas areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 18 at 4:56PM CDT until May 18 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 18, 2025 - 2:56pm
Expires: 
May 18, 2025 - 9:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 289 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONWAY FAULKNER POPE WHITE IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON LAWRENCE WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS BAXTER BOONE CLEBURNE FULTON INDEPENDENCE IZARD MARION NEWTON SEARCY SHARP STONE VAN BUREN IN WESTERN ARKANSAS JOHNSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASH FLAT, AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE, BULL SHOALS, CALICO ROCK, CAVE CITY, CHEROKEE VILLAGE, CLARKSVILLE, CLINTON, CONWAY, COTTON PLANT, FAIRFIELD BAY, FLIPPIN, HARDY, HARRISON, HEBER SPRINGS, HORSESHOE BEND, HOXIE, JASPER, LESLIE, MAMMOTH SPRING, MARSHALL, MCCRORY, MELBOURNE, MORRILTON, MOUNTAIN HOME, MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEWPORT, OXFORD, RUSSELLVILLE, SEARCY, SUMMIT, WALNUT RIDGE, WESTERN GROVE, AND YELLVILLE.
Area Description: 
Baxter, AR; Boone, AR; Cleburne, AR; Conway, AR; Faulkner, AR; Fulton, AR; Independence, AR; Izard, AR; Jackson, AR; Johnson, AR; Lawrence, AR; Marion, AR; Newton, AR; Pope, AR; Searcy, AR; Sharp, AR; Stone, AR; Van Buren, AR; White, AR; Woodruff, AR
Forcast Office: 
NWS Little Rock AR