Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Little Rock, AR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
335 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS...

A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH COVERS 47 COUNTIES AND GENERALLY COVERS THE
STATE EAST OF A LINE FROM ASHDOWN TO MOUNTAIN VIEW...AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW TO BLYTHEVILLE. NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND A NEARLY STATIONARY COLD FRONT EXTENDED EAST OF THIS
LOW ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS WHILE ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST
OF THIS LOW THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

SOUTH OF THESE FRONTS...WARM HUMID AIR EXISTED THIS AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL...EASTERN
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

PERSONS ACROSS MOST OF ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR
RADIO STATION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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