Washington

Tornado Watch 195 remains in effect until 300 am CDT for the
following locations


AR
. Arkansas counties included are

Baxter Benton Boone
Carroll Cleburne Conway
Crawford Faulkner Franklin
Fulton Howard Independence
Izard Johnson Little River
Logan Madison Marion
Montgomery Newton Perry
Polk Pope Scott
Searcy Sebastian Sevier
sharp stone Van Buren
Washington Yell

... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect from 7 PM CDT this evening
through Tuesday evening...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma... including the following
areas... in Arkansas... Benton... Carroll... Crawford... Franklin...
   Madison... Sebastian and Washington. In Oklahoma... Adair...
Cherokee... Delaware... Haskell... Latimer... Le Flore... Mayes...
McIntosh... Muskogee... Okfuskee... Okmulgee... Ottawa...
Pittsburg... Sequoyah and Wagoner.

* From 7 PM CDT this evening through Tuesday evening

* showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and
become more widespread during the evening and overnight hours
across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Additional
showers and thunderstorms will be likely on Tuesday.
Widespread rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches are possible in an
area north of Interstate 40 and south of Interstate 44 through
Tuesday as several rounds of thunderstorms affect the same
areas. The potential exists for a swath of much heavier
rainfall of 5 to 8 inches within this area.

* The heavy rainfall may lead to localized flash flooding... and
could also cause rapid rises on creeks and small streams... and
may lead to mainstem river flooding as well.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flash Flood Watch means rapidly rising water or flooding is
possible within the watch area.

If you are in the watch area... keep informed... and be ready for
quick action if flash flooding is observed or if a warning is
issued.

05/20/2013 0713 PM

Springdale, Washington County.

Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by broadcast media.


            *** 1 fatal *** debris struck vehicle.





05/20/2013 0715 PM

Springdale, Washington County.

Thunderstorm wind gust m69 mph, reported by trained spotter.


            Measured 69 mph wind gust near the Springdale Airport.





05/20/2013 0715 PM

Springdale, Washington County.

Thunderstorm wind gust m69 mph, reported by trained spotter.


            Measured 69 mph wind gust near the Springdale Airport.





05/20/2013 0721 PM

Wedington, Washington County.

Thunderstorm wind gust e70 mph, reported by public.


            Aslo reported pea size hail





05/20/2013 0721 PM

Wedington, Washington County.

Thunderstorm wind gust e70 mph, reported by public.


            Aslo reported pea size hail





05/20/2013 0717 PM

Springdale, Washington County.

Thunderstorm wind gust e70 mph, reported by trained spotter.

... NWS damage survey for 05/19/2013 tornado event...

.Prague/Paden/Welty area Oklahoma tornado...

Rating: EF-1
estimated peak wind: 100-110 mph
path length /statute/: 10 miles
path width /maximum/: 700 yards
fatalities: 0
injuries: 0

Start date: may 19 2013
start time: 717 PM CDT
start location: 3.5 NNE Prague / Lincoln County / OK
start lat/lon: 35.5323 / -96.6538

End date: may 19 2013
end time: 733 PM CDT
end location: 5.5 W Welty / Okfuskee County / OK
end lat/lon: 35.6065 / -96.4983

Survey summary: this tornado snapped or uprooted a number of trees
and damage barns.

Ef scale: the Enhanced Fujita scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories.

EF0... weak... ... 65 to 85 mph
EF1... weak... ... 86 to 110 mph
EF2... strong... .111 to 135 mph
EF3... strong... .136 to 165 mph
EF4... violent... 166 to 200 mph
EF5... violent... >200 mph

Note:
the information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS
storm data.