Tornado Warning 8, NWS Little Rock, AR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
214 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. THIS WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

MOISTURE HAS BEGUN TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AS WINDS HAVE
TURNED MORE SOUTHERLY. TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED THE MID TO UPPER
80S...CAUSING THE AIR MASS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST
TEXAS...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF OKLAHOMA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN
INTENSITY. PERSONS IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WATCH SHOULD WATCH FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
452 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRES FOR POLK COUNTY...

AT 450 PM FORT SMITH RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAD MOVED INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND OUT OF POLK COUNTY.  STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN POLK COUNTY ARKANSAS AND
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF LEFLORE COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA.  MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS PASSAGE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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ARZ001-002-003-004-005-007-008-009-010-011-015-016-150030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
527 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF ARKANSAS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST OUT OF TEXAS...OKLAHOMA
AND LOUISIANA HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH COVERS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS.

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL
HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON NEAR
LAKE GREESON.

VERY UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES OVER ARKANSAS AND RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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OKZ032-034-ARZ001-004-007-150015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
619 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART
OF ARKANSAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING...

AT 610 PM FT SMITH RADAR SHOWED A 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER
OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS. LITTLE
MOVEMENT WAS SHOWN.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER ROBERT S KERR RESERVOIR
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF BOONEVILLE ARKANSAS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ELSEWHERE MOSTLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH
THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

DUE TO THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS WILL OCCUR WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS
OCCUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND 	NOT DRIVE INTO WATER
COVER ROADS.

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