Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
140 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000

500MB TEMPS ARE PROGGED TO WARM 1-2 DEG AND HEIGHTS WILL RISE
SLIGHTLY OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS SATURDAY WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN
SOMEWHAT LESS COVERAGE OF PCPN SAT AFTERNOON. A SHARP TROF WILL PUSH
THROUGH NRN AR SAT AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LOW FINALLY MOVES NORTH
AND EXITS THE REGION SAT NIGHT. WILL KEEP 20 PCT POPS SUN DUE MAINLY
TO HEATING...BUT THE GENERAL SHOWERS WE HAVE BEEN GETTING SHOULD BE
OVER BY THEN. THERE COULD BE A FEW HAIL PRODUCERS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVE OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY
WINDS. MOS TEMPS ARE GOOD...WITH 80S STATEWIDE ON SUN WITH MORE
SUNSHINE.

.LIT...NONE.

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1239 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD
ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AND
ROTATE ACROSS ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN
INTENSITY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS
BRINGING THE THREAT OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS COULD
BE ACTIVATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

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