Active Alerts Mount Moriah, AR

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out ofthe sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 112.* WHERE...Portions of central, eastern, southeast, and southwestArkansas.* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly duringextreme heat and high humidity events.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safeshelter inside a building or vehicle.

At 222 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearLofton, or 17 miles southwest of Hot Springs, moving southeast at 10mph.HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.SOURCE...Radar indicated.IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow aroundunsecured objects.Locations impacted include...Lofton... DeGray Lake State Park...Bismarck... Point Cedar...Pettyview... Bonnerdale...Pearcy... Hempwallace...