NWS Tulsa OKSV.W 0226May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Benton, AR
The National Weather Service office in Tulsa issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Benton in Arkansas, which was in force until 8:30 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 226th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Tulsa issued in 2026. Arkansas had 34 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 156 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Arkansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 41 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tulsa OK
- Area
- Benton
- State
- Arkansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:49 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 8:30 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTSA SV.W 0226
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas since 2008Every warning type in Arkansas
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The notice as issued
SVRTSA The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Benton County in northwestern Arkansas... * Until 830 PM CDT. * At 749 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles south of Pea Ridge, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations in or near the path include... Rogers... Bentonville... Pea Ridge... Gateway... Avoca... Hill Top... Walnut Hill... This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 85 and 89.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas since 2008788 a year
- Every warning type in Arkansas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels