“Widespread damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are all expected,” the National Weather Service said, with “a few long-lived, intense tornadoes” also possible.
The National Weather Service’s Prediction Center said there was a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms over the parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas “with a broader enhanced risk area spread out across inland portions of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley.”
“All modes of severe weather will be possible through tonight as a powerhouse of a storm system moves through,” the weather service in Little Rock, Arkansas, said in a tweet in the early hours of Thursday morning. “There is a very real chance of large hail, very strong winds and strong tornadoes. It is imperative that you remain weather alert to and know where to go,” it said, sharing an infographic on where to find shelter in a home during a tornado.
“Quickly move to your basement and bring your emergency supply kit,” the infographic says. “If you have no basement, move to an interior room with no windows.”
The weather service in Little Rock also warned in a separate tweet that “we also need to be concerned with how much water is coming.”
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