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Map Phenomena States Warning Summary - Tornado HQ Warning Counties Warning End Map
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severe thunderstorm
AR
At 100 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fountain Hill, or 11 miles north of Hamburg, moving northeast at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Drew EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
AR
At 1204 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Crossett, or 8 miles northwest of Crossett, moving northeast at 25 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Ashley EXPIRED show me
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tornado
IA
At 1101 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Drake Stadium And Knapp Center, or over Des Moines, moving northeast at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Polk EXPIRED show me
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AR / LA
At 1033 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 9 miles north of Farmerville, or 16 miles southwest of Huttig, moving northeast at 25 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Union / Union EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
AR / LA
At 1027 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of Farmerville, or 17 miles southeast of Junction City, moving northeast at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Union / Union EXPIRED show me
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tornado
IA
At 947 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Monroe, or 11 miles south of Newton, moving northeast at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Jasper EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
AR / TX
At 923 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Boston, moving northeast at 35 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Little River / Miller / Bowie EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
LA
At 914 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Gibsland, or 10 miles east of Minden, moving northeast at 25 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Bienville / Claiborne / Lincoln / Webster EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IA
At 908 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southwest of Frank A Gotch State Park to Lizard Creek State Recreation Area to near Somers, moving northeast at 35 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Calhoun / Humboldt / Webster EXPIRED show me
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IA
At 849 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Southridge Mall, or near Des Moines, moving northeast at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Jasper / Marion / Polk / Warren EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
AR
At 843 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Southside in Independence County to 8 miles southwest of Jacksonport to near Augusta to 10 miles northeast of Des Arc, moving northeast at 60 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Independence / Jackson / White / Woodruff EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
TX
At 839 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cookville, or 7 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant, moving northeast at 40 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Bowie / Morris / Red River / Titus EXPIRED show me
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IA
At 839 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Osceola, moving northeast at 40 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Clarke / Lucas / Marion / Warren EXPIRED show me
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tornado
IA
At 838 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Tingley, or 13 miles north of Mount Ayr, moving northeast at 35 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Clarke / Ringgold / Union EXPIRED show me
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IA
At 820 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Cumming, or near West Des Moines, moving northeast at 40 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Dallas / Madison / Polk / Warren EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
AR
At 813 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Pangburn to near Searcy to 7 miles south of Higginson to Barrettsville, moving northeast at 60 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Cleburne / Independence / Jackson / Lonoke / Monroe / Prairie / White / Woodruff EXPIRED show me
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IA
At 810 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Lorimor, or 13 miles south of Winterset, moving northeast at 40 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Clarke / Madison / Union EXPIRED show me
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IA
At 757 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Kellerton, or 6 miles northeast of Mount Ayr, moving northeast at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Clarke / Decatur / Ringgold / Union EXPIRED show me
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IA
At 756 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near East Peru, or 7 miles south of Winterset, moving northeast at 35 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Madison / Warren EXPIRED show me
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TX
At 755 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Newsome, or near Leesburg, moving northeast at 40 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Camp / Franklin / Morris / Titus / Wood EXPIRED show me

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things you should know about this experimental live-updating page

  1. Warnings are delayed. If you are currently affected by severe storms, you should also be paying attention to a local source of information (tv, radio, etc), or have a weather radio, because information on this site can be delayed enough that it could cause you to lose valuable lead time.
  2. The map sometimes breaks in odd ways. At this time, I'm not sure of the actual cause, but every so often, the mapping software will basically lose track of the actual center of the map. It's most obvious when part of the map is black (it's not loading the background). Also, you may notice this bug when you zoom to a specific location or warning, and the map is not centered properly.

    How to fix: The easiest thing is to reload the page. Otherwise, you can try the following to get the map to fix itself:

    1. enter/exit fullscreen map mode
    2. resize the browser window (if a desktop)
    3. change the orientation of the screen (if a tablet/mobile device)
    4. add a new location marker (you can delete the new marker later)

  3. There is experimental voice notifications support. To my knowledge, this only works in the Chrome and Safari browsers. Chrome's default English voice will randomly stop with long text, so I've tried to break up the text into smaller chunks so this doesn't happen. However, this can lead to awkward pauses when it's speaking.
  4. There is now support for tracking custom locations. If you have voice notifications enabled, it will tell you which locations are impacted when it reads new warnings.
  5. Radar on the map will automatically refresh every 5 minutes.
  6. This page is under active development. And things tend to break. A lot. If you think something is wrong, you can reload the page. You can also use the normal severe weather map page which has the same data but does not automatically update.

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