Severe Thunderstorm Watch 05/19/2025 23:57 for Arkansas areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 20 at 1:57AM CDT until May 20 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 19, 2025 - 11:57pm
Expires: 
May 20, 2025 - 6:00am
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 300 UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 297. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONWAY FAULKNER GARLAND LONOKE PERRY POPE PRAIRIE PULASKI SALINE WHITE YELL IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS CLEBURNE INDEPENDENCE VAN BUREN IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS PIKE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS MONTGOMERY POLK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE, BENTON, BRYANT, CABOT, CLINTON, CONWAY, COTTON PLANT, DANVILLE, DARDANELLE, DE VALLS BLUFF, DES ARC, FAIRFIELD BAY, GLENWOOD, HAZEN, HEBER SPRINGS, HOT SPRINGS, LITTLE ROCK, LONOKE, MCCRORY, MENA, MORRILTON, MOUNT IDA, MURFREESBORO, NEWPORT, NORMAN, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, OLA, PERRYVILLE, RUSSELLVILLE, AND SEARCY.
Area Description: 
Cleburne, AR; Conway, AR; Faulkner, AR; Garland, AR; Independence, AR; Jackson, AR; Lonoke, AR; Montgomery, AR; Perry, AR; Pike, AR; Polk, AR; Pope, AR; Prairie, AR; Pulaski, AR; Saline, AR; Van Buren, AR; White, AR; Woodruff, AR; Yell, AR
Forcast Office: 
NWS Little Rock AR