Tornado Warning 6, NWS Little Rock, AR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1235 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 300 PM...

AT 1230 PM CST..RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF NEWPORT TO JUST
NORTH OF CONWAY TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORRILTON. THE HEAVIEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED NEAR HEBER SPRINGS..NEAR QUITMAN AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MORRILTON. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILE AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STORMS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE. COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES HAVE SHOWN LITTLE CHANGE
DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
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PERSONS ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
235 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 235 PM CST..RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS AND A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ABOUT THE NORTHWESTERN 1/3 OF ARKANSAS.
THE AREA WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR MENA TO CLINTON TO
PARAGOULD. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF OZARK.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILE AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS.

PERSONS THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
CLOS^ELY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
330 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 330 PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN SOUTHWEST AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN HOWARD
COUNTY AT 345PM.

RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OZARK
ARKANSAS, TO NEAR MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS, AND ANOTHER JUST EAST OF
MTN HOME ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED A LARGE AREA OF
WEST AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
330 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 330 PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN SOUTHWEST AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN HOWARD
COUNTY AT 325PM.

RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OZARK
ARKANSAS, TO NEAR MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS, AND ANOTHER JUST EAST OF
MTN HOME ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED A LARGE AREA OF
WEST AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 420 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER WESTERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HARTMAN
WHICH IS NEAR CLARKSVILLE IN JOHNSON COUNTY AT 407PM.

RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSHOWERS AND A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BULL SHOALS RESERVOIR TO JUST EAST OF
CLARKSVILLE TO JUST EAST OF MURFREESBORO. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS
LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE GREESON IN PIKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT
IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN WESTERN..SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR
THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE
READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
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