Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Little Rock, AR

ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-270500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
935 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

...TORNADO WATCH IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 3AM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...
...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN LIKELY IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING MONDAY EVENING IN MUCH OF
SOUTHERN MISSOURI...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
SEVERE WEATHER WAS WIDESPREAD...WITH REPORTS OF TORNADOES...LARGE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AS OF 930 PM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF MEMPHIS
TO SPRINGFIELD IN MISSOURI. FROM SPRINGFIELD...SCATTERED STORMS
EXTENDED INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA NEAR MCALESTER.

OVERNIGHT...THE STORMS IN MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE SAGGING SOUTH
INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS ALONG A SLOW MOVING FRONT. SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE LIKELY IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN IN SOME
AREAS.

FARTHER WEST...THE STORMS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL BE MORE
SLUGGISH...AND WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY TOWARD WESTERN ARKANSAS.
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS THEY MOVE
EAST...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE SOME SEVERE WEATHER.

IN PARTS OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED
TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH STORMS
MORE ORGANIZED IN NORTHERN INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE.
IN CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST SECTIONS...STORMS THAT EVENTUALLY
DEVELOP WILL DO SO AFTER MIDNIGHT.

PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS...
SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED FOR
SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICER.

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ARZ037>045-050>056-059>063-066>068-070>073-270730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1226 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997

...TORNADO WATCH MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 AM...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 5
OCLOCK THIS MORNING. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS
FROM NEAR EL DORADO TO JUST EAST OF LITTLE ROCK. THE WATCH INCLUDES
LITTLE ROCK...HOT SPRINGS...TEXARKANA AND EL DORADO.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF
WESTERN ARKANSAS. SEVERE WEATHER WAS WIDESPREAD...WITH REPORTS OF
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WIND FLOW ALOFT IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AS OF 1220 AM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO NEAR
DE QUEEN. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE HEADING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...
WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN IN SOME AREAS.

PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER TONIGHT...AND BE
PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE TV
OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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ARZ037>045-050>056-059>063-066>068-070>073-270730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1226 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997

...TORNADO WATCH MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 AM...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 5
OCLOCK THIS MORNING. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS
FROM NEAR EL DORADO TO JUST EAST OF LITTLE ROCK. THE WATCH INCLUDES
LITTLE ROCK...HOT SPRINGS...TEXARKANA AND EL DORADO.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF
WESTERN ARKANSAS. SEVERE WEATHER WAS WIDESPREAD...WITH REPORTS OF
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WIND FLOW ALOFT IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AS OF 1220 AM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO NEAR
DE QUEEN. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE HEADING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...
WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN IN SOME AREAS.

PEOPbLE IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER TONIGHT...AND BE
PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE TV
OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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