At 1235 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Brinkley to near Stuttgart Municipal Airport. Movement was east at 30 mph. HAZARD. Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include. Brinkley. Clarendon. Holly Grove. Ulm. Roe. Alfrey. Allendale. Dobbs Landing. Peppers Landing. Stuttgart Municipal Airport. Blackton. Aberdeen. Slovak. Monroe. Pine City. Keevil. Duncan. Louisiana Purchase State Park.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 284 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONWAY FAULKNER GARLAND GRANT LONOKE PERRY POPE PRAIRIE PULASKI SALINE WHITE YELL IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON LAWRENCE RANDOLPH WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS CLEBURNE INDEPENDENCE IZARD NEWTON SEARCY SHARP STONE VAN BUREN IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS CLARK HOT SPRING PIKE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS JOHNSON LOGAN MONTGOMERY POLK SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARKADELPHIA, ASH FLAT, ATTICA, AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE, BENTON, BOONEVILLE, BRYANT, CABOT, CALICO ROCK, CAVE CITY, CLARKSVILLE, CLINTON, CONWAY, COTTON PLANT, DANVILLE, DARDANELLE, DE VALLS BLUFF, DES ARC, FAIRFIELD BAY, GLENWOOD, HARDY, HAZEN, HEBER SPRINGS, HORSESHOE BEND, HOT SPRINGS, HOXIE, JASPER, LESLIE, LITTLE ROCK, LONOKE, MALVERN, MARSHALL, MCCRORY, MELBOURNE, MENA, MORRILTON, MOUNT IDA, MOUNTAIN VIEW, MURFREESBORO, NEWPORT, NORMAN, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, OLA, OXFORD, PARIS, PERRYVILLE, POCAHONTAS, RUSSELLVILLE, SEARCY, SHERIDAN, WALDRON, WALNUT RIDGE, AND WESTERN GROVE.