Tornado Warning 10, NWS Little Rock, AR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
340 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...HIGH HEAT INDEX IN SOUTH ARKANSAS AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
BUT SOME RELIEF GRADUALLY SPREADING IN FROM THE NORTH...

CLOUDS...SHOWERS...AND THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT CONSIDERABLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES TO PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS TODAY...BUT THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE SWELTERED ONCE AGAIN WITH PLENTY OF HEAT AND
HUMIDITY.

ON FRIDAY...THE HEAT INDEX IS EXPECTED TO REACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES
DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. RESIDENTS IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS
TO PREVENT HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES.

BUT SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS ON THE WAY.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS
FRIDAY MORNING. IT SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
STATE BY FRIDAY EVENING...AND FINALLY MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS FRONT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS AND DRIER AIR INTO THE STATE.

ON SATURDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR. ALSO...HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWER. SO...AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THAT ALL PARTS OF ARKANSAS WILL HAVE A HEATw
INDEX LESS THAN 105 DEGREES ON SATURDAY.

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OKZ-013-020-ARZ-001-004 212315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
508 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 518 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR
NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.

AT 505 PM CDT FORT SMITH RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN SOUTHEAST CRAIG COUNTY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI.

...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS PASSAGE IN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ARZ001-002-004-005-007-220015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
514 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL
1000 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND DEVELOP
SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

AT 510 PM CDT...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...HOWEVER SOME VERY STRONG STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMAND MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADOES CAN AND OFTEN FORM VERY QUICKLY...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. KEEP ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF YOU FEEL THREATENED. A BASEMENT OFFERS
THE BEST PROTECTION...BUT IF NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO THE LOWEST LEVEL
AND TO THE CENTER OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF WORK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN QUICKLY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND
EVEN CITY STREETS TO BECOME RAGING RIVERS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A
FLOODED STREAM OR ROAD IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.

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ARZ001-002-004-005-007-220015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
514 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL
1000 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND DEVELOP
SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

AT 510 PM CDT...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...HOWEVER SOME VERY STRONG STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADOES CAN AND OFTEN FORM VERY QUICKLY...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. KEEP ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF YOU FEEL THREATENED. A BASEMENT OFFERS
THE BEST PROTECTION...BUT IF NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO THE LOWEST LEVEL
AND TO THE CENTER OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF WORK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN QUICKLY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND
EVEN CITY STREETS TO BECOME RAGING RIVERS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A
FLOODED STREAM OR ROAD IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.

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OKZ020-013-ARZ001-004-007-220030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
623 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 518 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 625 PM CDT THE FORT SMITH RADAR AND OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 20 MPH.

MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
ARE SEVERE AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MANY COUNTIES IN THESE
AREAS.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS...SOME HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING  CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS THURSDAY EVENING.

ARZ016-220030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
636 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CHICOT COUNTY...

AT 633 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN CHICOT COUNTY. THIS WAS A RATHER
LARGE STORM...EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF LAKE VILLAGE
TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE VILLAGE.

RADAR SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT...SO THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL
BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN CHICOT COUNTY.
SOME FLOODING OF ROADS IS LIKELY. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY
OF SOME SMALL HAIL.

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