Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1150 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001

SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS THIS
EVENING...WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE INITIALLY. AS THE EVENING
HAS PROGRESSED...PRECIPITATION STILL WIDESPREAD BUT INTENSITY OF
STORMS HAS DIMINISHED WITH SEVERE POTENTIAL DECREASING.

KEPT HIGH RAIN CHANCES IN NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...
WITH SCATTERED PRECIPITATION FARTHER SOUTHEAST.

FRONT JUST TO NORTHWEST OF STATE WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS
OVERNIGHT...AND WILL SLOWLY PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE
STATE BY SUNDAY EVENING. SHOWERS/THUNDERSHOWERS LIKELY AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS. BEHIND FRONT...RAPID CLEARING FROM
NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK...LOOKS LIKE A DRY PERIOD BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH COOLER/DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE 80S WITH READINGS AT NIGHT IN THE 50S/60S.  (46)

.LIT...NONE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
850 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL
   MIDNIGHT...

A COLD FRONT WAS NEARING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS
SATURDAY EVENING. THE FRONT SEPARATED VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO
ITS EAST FROM MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO ITS WEST. THE
CONTRAST IN AIR MASSES WAS MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE...WITH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

WITH STORMS DEVELOPING...AND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES
AREAS NORTH OF MOUNT IDA...MORRILTON AND BATESVILLE.

IN THE WATCH AREA...THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE STRONG
TO DAMAGING WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

IN ADDITION...STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO PRODUCE
FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING...
INCREASING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE READY TO FIND A PLACE OF SAFETY
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1040 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001

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

0645 PM    OARK                      AR   WIND DAMAGE
09/08/01   JOHNSON                        TREES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0815 PM    CHERRY HILL               AR   WIND DAMAGE
09/08/01   POLK                           TREES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0830 PM    GAMALIEL                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
09/08/01   BAXTER                         TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 101.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

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