Severe Thunderstorm Warning 428, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1057 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000

I WILL BE UPDATING THE ZONES SHORTLY TO INCLUDE A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MY ENTIRE CWFA...AS THERE ARE SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ARKADELPHIA AND CAMDEN AREAS.
MORE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IT
APPEARS THAT THE TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING COOLER TODAY THAN
YESTERDAY. SO...I HAVE LOWERED THE TEMPERATURES A CATEGORY IN THE
CENTRAL THIRD OF MY CWFA FROM 105 TO 110 TO NEAR 105. HIGHS SHOULD
STILL BE NEAR RECORDS WITH THE FOLLOWING LIST OF RECORDS FOR TODAY.

SOME RECORDS FOR TODAY 9/1

LOCATION          RECORD      YEAR
--------          ------      ----
HARRISON           100       1947-1951
HOT SPRINGS        106       1947
NORTH LITTLE ROCK  106       1947
PINE BLUFF         105       1938

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.LIT...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH SATURIDAY FOR
    ZONES 16-21-22-25-30>34-37>47-52>57-62>69

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
315 PM CDT FRI SEP 01 2000

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

0155 PM    CLEVELAND                 AR   50 MPH TSTM GUST
09/01/00   CONWAY                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0302 PM    ROYAL                     AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
09/01/00   GARLAND                        REPORTED BY HOT SPRINGS
                                          PD THROUGH ASP HOT.

0305 PM    DONALDSON                 AR   .88 INCH HAIL
09/01/00   HOTSPRING                      OCCURRED ALSO AT SOCIAL
                                          HILL. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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ARZ003>005-012>014-021>024-030>032-037>044-052>056-062>064-066>069-
020200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
317 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN
HALF OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

THE VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE CREATING A
VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ERUPTED OVER
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS AT MID AFTERNOON. WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...
ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE.

STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL MAY NEED TO ACTIVATED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LITTLE ROCK...CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LZK (ALL IN LOWER CASE)

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