Tornado Warning 6, NWS Little Rock, AR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
1037 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 1030 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF TALIHINA OKLAHOMA TO NORTHWEST
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY OKLAHOMA.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 SOUTHEAST OF CLAYTON OKLAHOMA.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN EAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST ARKANSAS
SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1112 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS. THIS WATCH COVERS 47 COUNTIES AND WILL BE IN EFFECT
UNTIL 400 AM MONDAY MORNING.

SINCE 1000 PM...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY FROM
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE
INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

THE AIR OVER ARKANSAS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE ALOFT IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND HAS HELPED THE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP QUICKLY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND INCREASE IN
INTENSITY THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1209 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN ARKANSAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.

AT MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SEVERAL PARTS OF THE
STATE. MOST OF THESE STORMS DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE ARKANSAS-MISSOURI
BORDER FROM NEAR GRAVETTE EASTWARD TO BULL SHOALS LAKE. THE STRONGEST
STORM IN ARKANSAS WAS NEAR OMAHA...BUT STRONGER STORMS WERE JUST NORTH
OF THE BORDER IN MISSOURI.

IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY FROM
MAMMOTH SPRING TO WALNUT RIDGE.

IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM
LITTLE ROCK TO 10 MILES NORTH OF PINE BLUFF...AND FROM BENTON
ACROSS THE LITTLE ROCK AREA TO BEEBE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTOARMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM TEXARKANA TO
15 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN.

FINALLY...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO
SCOTT AND POLK COUNTIES IN WESTERN ARKANSAS.

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