NWS Little Rock ARSV.W 0159May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Marion, Newton and Searcy, AR
The National Weather Service office in Little Rock issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Marion, Newton and Searcy in Arkansas, which was in force until 4:15 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 159th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Little Rock 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 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Little Rock AR
- Area
- Marion, Newton and Searcy
- State
- Arkansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:27 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 4:15 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLZK SV.W 0159
- 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
SVRLZK The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Searcy County in north central Arkansas... Northeastern Newton County in north central Arkansas... Southern Marion County in north central Arkansas... * Until 415 PM CDT. * At 326 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Piercetown, or 7 miles southeast of Jasper, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Marsena... Eula... Piercetown... Carver... Duff... Point Peter... St. Joe... Pindall... Gilbert... Bass... Silver Hill... Vendor... Mt Judea... Snowball... Hasty... Woolum Recreation Area... Baker Ford...
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