Tornado Warning 40, NWS Memphis, TN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
320 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

AT MID AFTERNOON RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING
OVER NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS.  ONE AREA EXTENDS FROM NEAR JONESBORO
SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD LITTLE ROCK.  THE SECOND AREA OF RAIN EXTENDS
FROM NEAR WILSON ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR FORREST CITY ARKANSAS.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM
THAT HAS REACHED CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE IN THE MID SOUTH.  PEOPLE IN THE MID SOUTH
SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE.

IF SEVERE WEATHER SHHOULD THREATEN YOU MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
500 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 518 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
            NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...

AT 430 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED
PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN COVERED NORTHEAST AND EAST ARKANSAS...THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN DES ARC AND MARKED TREE IN
EAST ARKANSAS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

DRIVERS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME
FOR TRAVEL...SINCE THE HEAVY RAIN MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

THE POSSIBLITY FOR HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES WILL EXIST THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH UNTIL THE ASSOCIATED
FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES RTHROUGH THE AREA.

YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER WEATHER
UPDATES OR WARNINGS FOR OUR AREA.