Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
745 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ARKANSAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TODAY AND WILL
MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. WARM...HUMID...AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL
BE IN PLACE ACROSS ARKANSAS. UPPER LEVEL LOWS WILL SWING ACROSS ARKANSAS
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND FINALLY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
STATE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. DRIER AIR WILL SWEEP INTO ARKANSAS BY
WEDNESDAY.

STRONG WINDS ALOFT OVER ARKANSAS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING TORNADOES
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING
AND WEAKENED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
THIS MORNING.

NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND
THESE WILL REACH WESTERN ARKANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIR ACROSS
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS
TO HOLD TOGETHER AND MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS
AFTERNOON IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...TOWARD SUNSET IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
AND TONIGHT IN EASTERN ARKANSAS.

PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW THEIR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. TORNADO WATCHES ARE EXPECTED
TO BE ISSUED FOR PARTS IF NOT ALL OF ARKANSAS LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

STORM SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO GROUPS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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