Tornado Warning 23, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

May 6, 1998, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 1998, 12:45 AM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

County Hot Spring County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1156 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1155 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
  TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF MALVERN OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLEN
  ROSE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
GLEN ROSE                    AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...HEAD INDOORS NOW. GO TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT AS
MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE OUTDOORS AS YOU CAN. ABANDON
MOBILE HOMES NOW. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER.
IF THERE ARE NO BUILDINGS NEARBY...LAY IN A DITCH TO AVOID FLYING
DEBRIS. BUT BEWARE OF RISING WATER.

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In the hours before

ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>041-070700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM FOR WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IS IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD PART OF WEST AND NORTH
ARKANSAS TONIGHT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI...SOME PRODUCING LARGE
AND DANGEROUS HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.

THE AREA OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART
OF THE STATE UNTIL PAST MIDNIGHT.

EVERYONE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PART OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP
MONITORING RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UP TO DATE WARNINGS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND COVER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

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ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>041-070700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM FOR WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IS IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD PART OF WEST AND NORTH
ARKANSAS TONIGHT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI...SOME PRODUCING LARGE
AND DANGEROUS HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.

THE AREA OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART
OF THE STATE UNTIL PAST MIDNIGHT.

EVERYONE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PART OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP
MONITORING RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UP TO DATE WARNINGS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND COVER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.