A line of thunderstorms containing strong winds and lightning moved through Garland County shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, causing power outages to about 500 customers, Entergy Arkansas Inc. said.
The National Weather Service recording station at Hot Springs Memorial Field reported a wind gust of 47 mph at 7:49 a.m., with sustained winds of 29 mph. By noon, the station had recorded a little more than three-quarters of an inch of rainfall over the past six hours.
Jim Garland, Entergy's regional customer service manager, said in an email that outages were scattered around Hot Springs and throughout Garland County. Local Entergy crews were able to restore most of the outages by 1 p.m. Thursday, he said.