NWS Little Rock ARSV.W 0168May 31, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: White, AR
The National Weather Service office in Little Rock issued a severe thunderstorm warning for White in Arkansas, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on May 31. It was the 168th 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 41 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
- White
- State
- Arkansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:04 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLZK SV.W 0168
- 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... Central White County in central Arkansas... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 804 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Higginson, or near Searcy, 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 impacted include... Searcy... Bald Knob... Judsonia... Kensett... Higginson... West Point... Garner... Vinity Corner... Providence... Walker... Plainview in White County...
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