Tornado Warning 15, NWS Little Rock, AR

ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-011800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF
ARKANSAS...

A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS
THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WAS THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN UNSEASONABLY
WARM AIR TO THE SOUTH AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES
BY MID-MORNING RANGED FROM THE MID 60S TO THE MID 70S OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE...READINGS IN THE 50S WERE
COMMON OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH
ARKANSAS FROM WEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO...A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
SYSTEMS...ALONG WITH THE RATHER WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY IN PLACE
OVER THE STATE...WILL COMBINE TO SET OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS
AS THE DAY GOES ON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.
CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS.

ARKANSANS ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH TODAY
AND TONIGHT ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES
WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS AS WELL.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION
OUTLET...RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-011800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF
ARKANSAS...

A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS
THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WAS THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN UNSEASONABLY
WARM AIR TO THE SOUTH AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES
BY MID-MORNING RANGED FROM THE MID 60S TO THE MID 70S OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE...READINGS IN THE 50S WERE
COMMON OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH
ARKANSAS FROM WEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO...A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
SYSTEMS...ALONG WITH THE RATHER WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY IN PLACE
OVER THE STATE...WILL COMBINE TO SET OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS
AS THE DAY GOES ON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.
CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS.

ARKANSANS ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH TODAY
AND TONIGHT ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES
WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS AS WELL.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION
OUTLET...RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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ARZ003>009-012>018-020>026-030>033-037>045-050>055-059>062-070-071-
012000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1205 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL
600 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST. THE WATCH COVERS THAT
PART OF THE STATE GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LEWISVILLE TO
SHERIDAN TO JONESBORO.

RATHER WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS ARKANSAS.
A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT
PUSHES FURTHER EASTWARD...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY AHEAD OF IT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS
AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH
THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION
OUTLET...RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
115 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0105 PM    WESTERN GROVE             AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   NEWTON

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