Severe storms are set to push through northeast Arkansas on Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening. Some of these could carry damaging winds as the primary threat. Heavy rainfall and lightning will also push through with these storms.

A severe storm warning from the National Weather Service (NWS) was issued on Friday for over 45 million Americans from northeast Texas to the Ohio River Valley, signaling potential hazards that could include damaging winds, tornadoes, large hail, and flash flooding.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Following a 2023 tornado that caused widespread confusion with its county-wide siren activation, Lucas County officials are urging residents to adopt a modern text-based alert system for more precise and reliable severe weather warnings.

Over 50 million people are bracing for severe weather Saturday as a powerful storm system slides out of eastern Texas and slams parts of the Mississippi Valley.

While tornado sirens are a staple across communities in the Midwest and Plains, most cities in Florida have never installed them, instead relying on other methods to get information out about dangerous storms.