THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 127 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONWAY FAULKNER PERRY POPE WHITE YELL IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON LAWRENCE RANDOLPH WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS BAXTER BOONE CLEBURNE FULTON INDEPENDENCE IZARD MARION NEWTON SEARCY SHARP STONE VAN BUREN IN WESTERN ARKANSAS JOHNSON LOGAN SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASH FLAT, ATTICA, AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE, BOONEVILLE, BULL SHOALS, CALICO ROCK, CAVE CITY, CHEROKEE VILLAGE, CLARKSVILLE, CLINTON, CONWAY, COTTON PLANT, DANVILLE, DARDANELLE, FAIRFIELD BAY, FLIPPIN, HARDY, HARRISON, HEBER SPRINGS, HORSESHOE BEND, HOXIE, JASPER, LESLIE, MAMMOTH SPRING, MARSHALL, MCCRORY, MELBOURNE, MORRILTON, MOUNTAIN HOME, MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEWPORT, OLA, OXFORD, PARIS, PERRYVILLE, POCAHONTAS, RUSSELLVILLE, SEARCY, SUMMIT, WALDRON, WALNUT RIDGE, WESTERN GROVE, AND YELLVILLE.