Tornado Preparedness

Hi guest,

Maybe the sirens were from Ash Flats. Don't know what's at Omaha.

Are there warning sirens on the Lake Omaha side of Cherokee Village?
The other day I could here warning sirens going off but they were far
away, Maybe Hardy area.

We will be here until after the holiday and just wondering.

Here's the latest forecasts. It looks like Ravenden and Ozark Acres are in for a rough time potentially.

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Cherokee+Village+AR+72529?from=forgetaway

Tornado Warning as of Wed, May 25, 2011, 3:53 PM CDT

http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/72529:4?phenomena=TO&significance=W&areaid=ARC135&office=KLZK&etn=0161


Issued by The National Weather Service
Little Rock, AR

Wed, May 25, 2011, 3:53 PM CDT

... A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SHARP COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 351 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAVENDEN... OR 20 MILES WEST OF POCAHONTAS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... WILLIFORD... SITKA... OZARK ACRES... NELSONVILLE... ARMSTRONG... VAGABOND LAKE... HWY 58 AND US 62 JCT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME... A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS... MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.


YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Guest64 and all,

Please do stay safe. It appears things will be quite rough through the evening and beyond.

Afternoon

Breezy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may be severe...with damaging winds... large hail...and isolated tornadoes. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph...with gusts to around 35 mph. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Average rainfall 1/10 to 1/4 inch.

Tonight
Breezy. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe...with damaging winds...large hail...and isolated tornadoes in the evening. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph...with gusts to around 30 mph in the evening...becoming west 10 to 15 mph after midnight. The chance of precipitation 60 percent in the evening... decreasing to 30 percent after midnight. Average rainfall 1/4 inch.

Up most of the night up keeping up with the weather. We got lucky again last night, but more bad weather coming our way. Weather Channel had Cherokee Village, Ash Flat Highland and Hardy all mentioned as being in the tornado area of concern. Let's all hope we get lucky again today and tomorrow. I like the links you have for river flooding. Thanks!

To all my friends in Spring River Country, stay safe! Bad weather these past few days all over the mid west and mid south and CV is in the middle of all the bad weather systems. hope all is well.

Hi Forum,

Here is a worthwhile read on what to do in the event of a tornado. Stay safe:

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tornado/to_during.shtm