The National Weather Service in Little Rock issued the following detailed briefing to give Arkansas residents an idea of what to expect: Hurricane Laura is currently rated as a strong Category 4 Hurricane and it is expected to make landfall near the Texas/Louisiana border around midnight Wednesday. The landfall for a hurricane is considered the […]
See the full instructions for 3 ways to report a power outage to First Electric
Hurricane Laura has the potential to bring severe weather to First Electric Cooperative customers in the Saline County service area. FEC has crews on stand by to restore power outages. Customers can follow FEC updates on their Facebook as well live updates on the Outage Viewer Map on the webite. Remember to report your outage […]
Entergy Arkansas has 1,200 workers on standby in prep for Hurricane Laura
The Entergy Arkansas storm team is finalizing its storm preparations to respond to any impacts across Arkansas from Hurricane Laura. This weather event is predicted to strike near the Texas/Louisiana border late Wednesday night or early Thursday as a destructive Category 4 hurricane. Forecasts indicate Laura will impact southern Arkansas on Thursday, beginning as early […]
Thunderstorms and showers overnight and Sunday
Here’s our current forecast from the National Weather Service in Little Rock: Tonight Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 50. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Sunday Periods of showers […]
Cities give direction for what citizens can do with yard debris from the storm
If you have yard debris from the thunderstorm that came through this weekend, here’s what city officials say you can do with it. Bryant Fire Chief JP Jordan stated that residents can still burn any yard debris as outlined in Ordinance 2015-13. Here’s a link to view that: www.cityofbryant.com/DocumentCenter/View/2422. Mayor Allen Scott said that residents […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until 11pm
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAD ISSUED A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR JUNE 24 AT 4:51PM CDT UNTIL JUNE 24 AT 11:00PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 214 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: — BRADLEY CALHOUN CLARK CLEVELAND COLUMBIA DALLAS GARLAND GRANT HEMPSTEAD HOT SPRING HOWARD JEFFERSON LAFAYETTE […]
Area in South Alexander Damaged from Storm Overnight
If you were listening to the scanner, you might have heard about damage to an area on Mann Lane, off Germania in south Alexander. There were four fire departments dispatched to the scene. The following is information sent from Lt. Jeff Silk to Sheriff Rodney Wright this morning: Looks like straight line wind damage. Area […]
Stormy Weather to Hit Benton Around 8pm Monday Night
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), a line of thunderstorms is expected to accompany a cold front as it moves across the state Monday night and overnight. Strong to damaging wind gusts are mainly expected, but the NWS is not ruling out isolated tornadoes. There is a very low threat for flooding due to […]
Storm expected from the Northwest Sat Night into Sunday Morning
Dennis Cavanaugh of the National Weather Service in Little Rock is predicting storms from Saturday evening into Sunday morning. Cavanaugh says it will begin in the northwestern part of the state late Saturday and move east-southeast toward central Arkansas on Sunday morning. The full forecast follows: A strong upper level storm system will move across Arkansas Saturday night […]
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Until 530PM in Saline County
Update 06/23/17, 4:45PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning Beginning: 2017-06-23T21:39:00 Ending: 2017-06-23T22:30:00 New Alert THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… SOUTHWESTERN FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS… * UNTIL 530 PM CDT […]