Tornado Warning 30, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
340 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

ONE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH QUITE A FEW REPORTS OF
STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. MAY HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
AS WELL. MORE TO COME TONIGHT.

SATELLITE SHOWING THAT STORMS THIS MORNING MOVING EAST OF REGION.
SKIES CLEARING...WITH SUN WARMING ATMOSPHERE IN A HURRY. AT THE SAME
TIME...SYSTEM ALOFT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS/NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA...WITH SCATTERED STORMS FIRING JUST AHEAD OF SYSTEM.
TORNADO WATCH POSTED UNTIL 9PM IN MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

SYSTEM ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN/CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT.
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE FROM
THE NORTHWEST BY 7 AM MONDAY. FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH SYSTEM ALOFT
TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY.
WORDED ACCORDINGLY IN FORECAST.

FRONT WILL CONTINUE PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS MONDAY
MORNING...WITH SEVERE WEATHER STILL POSSIBLE AHEAD OF FRONT. BEHIND
FRONT...DRAMATICALLY COOLER WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST WIND AND LOTS OF
CLOUDS. LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE SOME LEFTOVER RAIN/A FEW
THUNDERSHOWERS AS WELL.

MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY...CLOUDS WILL DECREASE WITH BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.

LOOKING AHEAD...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE IN OHIO VALLEY WILL
RETROGRADE TOWARD ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY...WITH PLENTY OF
CLOUDS/COOL WEATHER CONTINUING. UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT BACK TO THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH NOT AS MANY CLOUDS AND A SLOW
WARMUP.  (46)

.LIT...NONE

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210600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
355 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS TONIGHT...

A ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ENTERED WESTERN ARKANSAS AT MID
MORNING WAS MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF THE STATE BY MID AFTERNOON.
CLOUDS DECREASED BEHIND THE STORMS...WITH THE SUN WARMING THE
ATMOSPHERE MAKING IT UNSTABLE. MORE SEVERE STORMS WILL
DEVELOP TONIGHT...WITH SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY.

AT 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...WITH A
TORNADO WATCH POSTED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 9 PM.

THE STORMS WERE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. THIS COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ARKANSAS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.

WHILE MOST AREAS OF ARKANSAS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME SEVERE
STORMS...THE PRIME FOCUS WILL BE ON ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
STATE.

PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE STATE...SHOULD KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
FORECASTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
648 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS UNTIL
11 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH GENERALLY COVERS THOSE
AREAS NORTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM DE QUEEN TO DUMAS.

VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR HAD OVERTAKEN MUCH OF ARKANSAS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
WILL MOVE EAST INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN
ADDITION...WINDS ALOFT SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST WELL INTO THE NIGHT.

PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NORTH AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SHOULD KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...OR CABLE TV FOR THE
LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
653 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0559 PM    ATKINS                    AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   POPE                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0607 PM    1 NW MORRILTON            AR   1 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   CONWAY                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0640 PM    LAMAR                     AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
714 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0650 PM    CLARKSVILLE               AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0805 PM    SEARCY                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   WHITE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
821 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0755 PM    5 E ANTIOCH               AR   TORNADO
05/20/01   WHITE                          TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN
                                          AN OPEN AREA AND NO
                                          DAMAGE  REPORTED.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.