Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
325 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

INGREDIENTS SEEM TO BE COMING TOGETHER FOR AN MCS TYPE EVENT TONIGHT
OVER NORTHERN AR. STORMS SHOULD FIRE THIS AFTERNOON JUST NORTH OF
SURFACE TROF EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN OK INTO NORTHERN AR. THETA-E
AXIS ALSO PROGGED BY ETA MODEL TO PERSIST OVER NORTHERN AR INTO
THU. THIS...ALONG WITH POTENT UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVING EAST FROM
OK/KS AND LOW LEVEL JET SOMEWHAT FARTHER SOUTH...SHOULD HELP SUSTAIN
CONVECTION MOST OF THE NIGHT. DIVERGING 1000-500 MB THICKNESSES ALSO
SUGGEST BACK-BUILDING...SO WILL MENTION HEAVY RAINS IN ZONES OVER
THE OZARKS OF NORTH ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL AR LATER TONIGHT/THU TIME
FRAME WITH ADDITIONAL WEAK IMPULSES COMING EAST OVER H50 FLAT RIDGE.
THUS...WILL LEAVE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.

SHOULD GET INTO WARM SECTOR FRI AS FRONT MOVES BACK NORTH AND LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN OK...SO WILL EASE OFF RAIN CHANCES
FOR THAT TIME FRAME.

NGM MOS TEMPS LOOK O.K.

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.LIT...NONE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1003 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING...

A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS KANSAS
AND OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A
SECOND CLUSTER ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE TWO CLUSTERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THEREFORE...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING. THIS
WATCH INCLUDES AREAS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MENA
THROUGH DES ARC TO NEWPORT.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL OF DIME SIZE OR
LARGER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. ALTHOUGH...THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE READY FOR ACTION AND FIND A SAFE
PLACE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1107 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

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

1005 PM    SNOW                      AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00   MARION                         CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          AND AN ESTIMATED 60 MPH
                                          WIND GUST

1010 PM    YELLVILLE                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   MARION                         HAM RADIO OPERATORS
                                          REPORTED TREE LIMBS DOWN
                                          IN THE CITY SQUARE

1030 PM    MOUNTAIN HOME             AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   BAXTER                         COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A
                                          TREE DOWN ON A CAMP
                                          TRAILOR

1045 PM    MOUNTAIN HOME             AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   BAXTER                         HAM RADIO OPERATORS
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN NORTH
                                          OF THE CITY LIMITS ON
                                          HIGHWAY 5

1045 PM    CALICO ROCK               AR   75 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/00   IZARD                          HAM RADIO OPERATORS
                                          REPORTED WIND GUSTS
                                          BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH AND
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

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