Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Little Rock, AR

ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-270130-

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

...SEVERE WEATHER A POSSIBILITY IN PARTS OF ARKANSAS TONIGHT...

AS WAS THE CASE ON SUNDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE
TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BE SEVERE.

HOWEVER...ONLY COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WERE BEING
AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN MUCH OF THE STATE...
WARM AIR ALOFT WAS CAPPING THE ATMOSPHERE...WHICH WAS HINDERING
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IT WILL TAKE A TRIGGER SUCH AS A FRONT
OR BOUNDARY TO BREAK THE CAP AND ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO GROW.

AS OF 530PM...THERE WAS A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN
MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH A STORM SYSTEM IN CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. THERE WAS ALSO A DRYLINE...OR A BOUNDARY SEPARATING VERY
MOIST FROM DRY AIR...FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHERN TEXAS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG OR NEAR THESE BOUNDARIES.

THROUGH MIDNIGHT...IT APPEARS THAT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
EASTERN KANSAS...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG
TO SEVERE...BUT WILL STAY OUT OF ARKANSAS FOR THE MOST PART.

AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOME OF THE STORMS OUTSIDE OF ARKANSAS WILL
MOVE INTO THE STATE...WITH SEVERE WEATHER REMAINING A THREAT.
STORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY OVER NORTHERN AND PARTS OF WESTERN
ARKANSAS...WITH LITTLE OR NO STORMS IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS
OF THE STATE.

SOME OF THE STORMS THAT MOVE INTO THE STATE LATER TONIGHT
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THIS WILL BE
MAINLY TRUE IN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH POSTED OVERNIGHT.

PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER TONIGHT...
AND BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER. AGAIN...THE MAIN THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WILL BE
OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-270130-

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

...SEVERE WEATHER A POSSIBILITY IN PARTS OF ARKANSAS TONIGHT...

AS WAS THE CASE ON SUNDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE
TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BE SEVERE.

HOWEVER...ONLY COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WERE BEING
AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN MUCH OF THE STATE...
WARM AIR ALOFT WAS CAPPING THE ATMOSPHERE...WHICH WAS HINDERING
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IT WILL TAKE A TRIGGER SUCH AS A FRONT
OR BOUNDARY TO BREAK THE CAP AND ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO GROW.

AS OF 530PM...THERE WAS A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN
MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH A STORM SYSTEM IN CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. THERE WAS ALSO A DRYLINE...OR A BOUNDARY SEPARATING VERY
MOIST FROM DRY AIR...FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHERN TEXAS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG OR NEAR THESE BOUNDARIES.

THROUGH MIDNIGHT...IT APPEARS THAT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
EASTERN KANSAS...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG
TO SEVERE...BUT WILL STAY OUT OF ARKANSAS FOR THE MOST PART.

AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOME OF THE STORMS OUTSIDE OF ARKANSAS WILL
MOVE INTO THE STATE...WITH SEVERE WEATHER REMAINING A THREAT.
STORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY OVER NORTHERN AND PARTS OF WESTERN
ARKANSAS...WITH LITTLE OR NO STORMS IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS
OF THE STATE.

SOME OF THE STORMS THAT MOVE INTO THE STATE LATER TONIGHT
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THIS WILL BE
MAINLY TRUE IN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH POSTED OVERNIGHT.

PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER TONIGHT...
AND BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER. AGAIN...THE MAIN THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WILL BE
OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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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