This is a topic we have discussed before on the blog, but after the epic amounts of rain followed by flood warnings that we have had this week, it seems timely to revisit it. There are several good places to go online for up-to-date information regarding possible severe weather and weather warnings for your area.
The primary one is the National Weather Service Forecast Office for Little Rock. You can also choose another area to view by entering a city and state or zip code. The website has maps that show any warnings for the general area, specific warnings for your town or county, radar images, and forecasts for up to five days.
The Weather Channel website (http://www.weather.com/) is a slightly slicker, more user-friendly website that also shows warnings, radar images and forecasts for the country and local areas. These may be less detailed than the National Weather Service, but easier to glance through quickly.
Many of the local news stations and meteorologists have Facebook and Twitter accounts these days, and you can often sign up to follow them for breaking weather news. Just search for the channel's main webpage using a search engine, and once on the webpage, there will be links to social media sites as well.
