Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
335 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

WILL HAVE TO BE BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS
IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT NEXT FRONT WILL COME INTO AR SATURDAY
EVENING. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LATER
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS PER SWODY2 DISCO. MAY ALSO BE A
THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS VERY LATE TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST HALF OF AR
IF SQUALL LINE GETS GOING OVER OK AND HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT HEADS
TOWARD THE REGION. THINK MOST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE RAINFREE...EXCEPT
FOR THE STORMS VERY EARLY THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN AR.

SHOULD BE DRY AND WARM SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

WILL SHAVE A FEW DEGREES OFF 4TH PERIOD NGM MOS TEMPS FOR SUNDAY.

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.LIT...NONE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1037 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS.

A VERY WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS PRESENT OVER ARKANSAS.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY. IN
ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ARKANSAS
DURING THE NIGHT.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WATCH SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR WARNINGS. BE SURE THAT YOU
HAVE A RELIABLE WAY TO RECEIVE WARNINGS OVERNIGHT. THOSE WHO ARE
CAMPING OR ENJOYING OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

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