Tornado Warning 32, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

May 27, 1997, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 1997, 9:10 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lonoke County, AR, Pulaski County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KLIT 280137 RRA
TORLIT
ARC085-119-280210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
837 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...LONOKE COUNTY
   ...EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONOKE OR IN THE VICINITY OF JACKSONVILLE
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE                 AROUND 835 PM CDT  ...
SOUTH BEND                   AROUND 840 PM CDT  ...
FURLOW                       AROUND 850 PM CDT  ...
FAIRVIEW                     AROUND 855 PM CDT  ...
LONOKE                       AROUND 900 PM CDT  ...

IF YOU ARE AT HOME AND IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY IN A BATHTUB. COVER YOUR
BODY WITH A MATTRESS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS. THOSE IN MOBILE HOMES
SHOULD MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...AND NO BUILDINGS ARE AVAILABLE...LAY IN A DITCH OR CULVERT
TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS. BUT BEWARE OF RISING WATER.

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In the hours before

ARZ014-016-023>028-031>036-039-042>049-051>073-280230-

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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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.