Tornado Warning 8, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
230 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

MODELS CONTINUE PUSHING THE COLD FRONT ACROSS ARKANSAS VERY QUICKLY
TONIGHT. THIS WILL TRANSLATE TO LOW POPS ON THE WEST AND CHANCE POPS
CENTRAL AND EAST SECTIONS EARLY TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BE CLEARING
FROM WEST TO EAST. BREEZE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR SUNDAY...BUT BREEZY WINDS WILL MAKE
IT FEEL COOLER THAN THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS SUNDAY EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S NORTH TO THE UPPER 60S SOUTH. PARTLY
CLOUDY AND BACK IN THE 30S FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. INCREASING CLOUDS
MONDAY. THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED STILL A GOOD BET FOR BEING
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.LIT...NONE.

ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1112 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

...TORNADO WATCHES NO. 30 AND 31 ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND IT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. WARMER AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS MOVED INTO ARKANSAS AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE WIND
DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS COULD EXCEED 80 MPH IN SOME CASES.

KEEP ADVISED ON LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS TODAY AND CHECK YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER PREPARATIONS.

STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL
LIKELY BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAYH.

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ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-052-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1122 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

...TORNADO WATCHES NO. 30 AND 31 ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND IT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. WARMER AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS MOVED INTO ARKANSAS AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE WIND
DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS COULD EXCEED 80 MPH IN SOME CASES.

KEEP ADVISED ON LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS TODAY AND CHECK YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER PREPARATIONS.

STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WI-LL
LIKELY BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAY.

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ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-250000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECT ENDING FOR NWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
125 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A STRONG FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVED INTO CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. WARMER AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS MOVED INTO ARKANSAS AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TORNADO WATCHES NO. 30 AND 31 ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 PM.
MORE WATCHES ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
EASTWARD.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE WIND
DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS COULD EXCEED 80 MPH IN SOME CASES.

KEEP ADVISED ON LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS THIS AFTERNOON AND CHECK
YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PREPARATIONS.

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ARZ037-038-040-041-050>052-059-070-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
418 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN ARKANSAS CANCELLED...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31 THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER TODAY FOR PARTS OF
WESTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ALL SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
ARKANSAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVE5R WESTERN
ARKANSAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

AGAIN...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31 FOR WESTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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