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We have had a couple of thunderstorms come through today and a couple MORE inches of rain... they are saying that we could get another 5 inches during the night tonight and day tomorrow...we really don't need a drop more right now ~ we are under a flash flood watch right now.
Seeing the weather in Hot Springs and Little Rock...You guys take care ~ Sticks ~ watch out!!
Seeing the weather in Hot Springs and Little Rock...You guys take care ~ Sticks ~ watch out!!
tiffandrock
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hope you all our safe. We had a little rain storm here, in FL. Not a big deal. But it is so hot now.
I drive a 92 ford sweepstakes truck, and sometimes when you turn the air condition on the truck will stall/turn off. Plus the windows get stuck when you put them down.
So i'm hoping it doesn't get much hotter for a while.
I drive a 92 ford sweepstakes truck, and sometimes when you turn the air condition on the truck will stall/turn off. Plus the windows get stuck when you put them down.
So i'm hoping it doesn't get much hotter for a while.
miki
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I feel terrible for the families whose homes are under water right now. I tried to explain to my father on the phone the other night that we are around an hour from the rising flood waters but, he kept insisting that we were still close enough. It was hard to convince him that we weren't close enough for those waters to reach us. We are under flash flood and severe thunderstorm watch right now. The good thing is the most water to hit so far only caused maybe knee deep (my knee deep 5'4) last year in the backyard area.
Everyone stay safe.
Everyone stay safe.
miki
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/...arkansas_storm
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday, injuring an unknown number of people while damaging businesses and downing trees and power lines.
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The National Weather Service, which said a tornado passed directly over its North Little Rock office, reported injuries at a Benton trailer park. An elderly woman was treated by paramedics outside her Cammack Village home.
Meanwhile, at the North Little Rock airport, the storm destroyed a hangar and left several single-engine planes flipped over onto their wings while others were destroyed.
Gregory Greene, 39, said he was outside a restaurant when the tornado hit.
"I saw debris flying around in a circle when I was about to go in and pick up my girlfriend from work," said Greene. "Stuff was going around in circles.
"About that time, it pushed her up against the building and knocked me down and pushed me under that truck," Greene said. While under the truck, he said the storm flipped a car in the next parking space.
"I thought I was going to die," said Greene, whose right elbow was scraped raw.
The National Weather Service said the storm damaged a car dealership and a mobile home park near Benton, southwest of Little Rock, and downed power lines and trees farther southwest on I-30. After hitting Little Rock the storm moved into the city's northeastern suburbs.
In Cammack Village, a community of 1,000 surrounded by northwest Little Rock, police and firefighters went door-to-door to check on residents. Paramedics tended to an elderly woman, who didn't appear seriously hurt. An oak tree blocked in residents on a cul-de-sac and half-foot-deep water from torrential rains flowed down streets.
A second storm hit much of the same area south of Little Rock later Thursday but was not as potent, and another storm formed south of Hot Springs and also tracked northeast, toward Arkansas' capital city.
Over the past two months, parts of Arkansas have seen a tornado during a storm outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, more than a foot of rain and near-record flooding.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday, injuring an unknown number of people while damaging businesses and downing trees and power lines.
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The National Weather Service, which said a tornado passed directly over its North Little Rock office, reported injuries at a Benton trailer park. An elderly woman was treated by paramedics outside her Cammack Village home.
Meanwhile, at the North Little Rock airport, the storm destroyed a hangar and left several single-engine planes flipped over onto their wings while others were destroyed.
Gregory Greene, 39, said he was outside a restaurant when the tornado hit.
"I saw debris flying around in a circle when I was about to go in and pick up my girlfriend from work," said Greene. "Stuff was going around in circles.
"About that time, it pushed her up against the building and knocked me down and pushed me under that truck," Greene said. While under the truck, he said the storm flipped a car in the next parking space.
"I thought I was going to die," said Greene, whose right elbow was scraped raw.
The National Weather Service said the storm damaged a car dealership and a mobile home park near Benton, southwest of Little Rock, and downed power lines and trees farther southwest on I-30. After hitting Little Rock the storm moved into the city's northeastern suburbs.
In Cammack Village, a community of 1,000 surrounded by northwest Little Rock, police and firefighters went door-to-door to check on residents. Paramedics tended to an elderly woman, who didn't appear seriously hurt. An oak tree blocked in residents on a cul-de-sac and half-foot-deep water from torrential rains flowed down streets.
A second storm hit much of the same area south of Little Rock later Thursday but was not as potent, and another storm formed south of Hot Springs and also tracked northeast, toward Arkansas' capital city.
Over the past two months, parts of Arkansas have seen a tornado during a storm outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, more than a foot of rain and near-record flooding.
inthesticks
New member
:wave: Hello folks! I made it through the storms last night. Wow...did it storm. The power went out here at 11pm, and they came back on at about 11:47am this morning. Fortunately, no tornadoes in this area...just a lot of rain and lightning. I've heard reports that parts of Cabot was hit by a tornado last night (I graduated from Cabot, btw); N. Little Rock, Little Rock, Benton, Bryant, Sherwood, Sylvan Hills, Hot Springs area...all hit by tornadoes last night. I-30, near exit 128/Otter Creek, is closed down entirely (both east and west lanes) due to high water. The last time that has happened in that spot was in 1982, I believe.
Hopefully, none of the Arkansas folk at SA were injured last night.
Hopefully, none of the Arkansas folk at SA were injured last night.