Due to recent rainfall, the ban is lifted effective Saturday, April 4, 2026.
About three-quarters of an inch of rain had already been recorded by midday
The entire state has been designated at a high wildfire risk through March 29, and more than half of all counties are currently under burn bans.
The burn ban prohibits all outdoor burning until further notice.
A line of severe thunderstorms hit Craighead County and greater Northeast Arkansas Sunday night, causing damage across the region.
Crews with the Craighead Electric Cooperative were continuing to work to restore power to service members across its service area Tuesday morning.
Craighead County will go under a freeze warning this evening due to incoming subfreezing temperatures.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an executive order Monday allocating an additional $35,000 for severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes.
Crews with multiple power companies are continuing to work to restore power in the aftermath of Sunday evening’s storms.
The National Weather Service has cancelled the tornado warning for Craighead County near Brookland.