Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
250 PM CDT SUN APR 3 1989

...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 78 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND MOST OF
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA COVERED
BY THE WATCH IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MENA TO MORRILLTON
TO BLYTHEVILLE AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

A COLD FRONT ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AT MID-AFTERNOON IS
THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE WATCH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE STATE IS VERY
WARM..HUMID AND UNSTABLE. AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO THIS ATMOSPHERE...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. THE AIR
IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE..POSSIBLY PRODUCING TORNADOS.

REMEMBER..A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF
SEVERE WEATHER. A WARNING MEANS SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.

THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BEGIN TO REVIEW THEIR SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY...AND LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND LATER STATEMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
421 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INTO
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS UNTIL 5 PM TONIGHT.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ARKANSAS SHOULD WATCH FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WORK THEIR WAY EASTWARD. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES MAY OCCUR DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 78 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL
UNTIL 5 PM...

AT 425 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY CONTAINING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WAS LOCATED NEAR BERRYVILLE IN CARROLL COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS TO NEAR
CLARKSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 4>5 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
440 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 78 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT...

RADAR AT 440 PM CDT SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR HARRISON SOUTHWEST ACROSS MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
FRANKLIN AND WEST JOHNSON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EAST CARROLL COUNTY.

PERSONS IN THE AREAS OF THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT
HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WIND
AND HAIL.  PERSONS SHOULD STAY INDOORS AND OFF THE BARE GROUND
IN THE AREAS OF LIGHTNING.

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