Tornado Warning 159, NWS Little Rock, AR

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SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
237 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ARC049-135-252000-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110525T2000Z/
FULTON AR-SHARP AR-
237 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SHARP AND
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF SADDLER FALLS...OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THAYER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION
TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING 
HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  SADDLER FALLS...      WIRTH...              MANY ISLANDS...
  KING...               BRITTON HILL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3648 9140 3647 9136 3643 9135 3642 9131
      3640 9131 3633 9146 3642 9162 3651 9151
      3650 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 220DEG 36KT 3644 9146

$$

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WWUS54 KLZK 251950
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
250 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ARC049-135-252000-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110525T2000Z/
FULTON AR-SHARP AR-
250 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHARP AND NORTHEASTERN FULTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3648 9140 3647 9136 3643 9135 3642 9131
      3640 9131 3633 9146 3642 9162 3651 9151
      3650 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 220DEG 36KT 3654 9136

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
215 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT

ALL INGREDIENTS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT TO UNFOLD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTH AND NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS.

A COMPACT SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SE KANSAS AS OF
18Z...WITH ASSOC COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTH THROUGH FAR SW
MISSOURI...NW ARKANSAS AND ERN OKLAHOMA. A SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING
WAS RELEASED AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK THIS AFTERNOON. PRELIMINARY DATA
FROM THIS SOUNDING SHOWS A CAP IS STILL IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL
ARKANSAS AND VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY REFLECTS THIS. THIS CAP SHOULD
BE OVERCOME SOON BY DAYTIME HEATING AND SFC CONFLUENCE AHEAD OF
THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT AS IT BEGINS TO PICK UP STEAM AND
PUSH EAST. A SMALL LINE OF STORMS HAS ALREADY FORMED IN SOUTHERN
MISSOURI AND WITH THIS WILL GRADUALLY BACK-BUILD INTO NRN ARKANSAS
BY MID AFTERNOON. EVENTUALLY STORMS WILL DEVELOP AS FAR SOUTH AS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOMETIME BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING MOST ALL STORMS
SHOULD HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND POSSIBLY OUT OF
THE STATE.

AS FAR AS THREATS GO...ALL SEVERE CONVECTIVE THREATS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES. THE BEST THREATS FOR TORNADOES WILL BE IN
THE NORTHEAST WHERE LOW LEVEL HELICITY VALUES WILL BE
HIGHEST...HOWEVER WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS AND
ULTIMATELY TORNADOES ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS
THIS EVENING.

COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE IN STORE FOR THE AREA THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
&&

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

FEW CHGS MADE TO THE GOING FCST. A WARM FNT WL BE LIFTING N OF THE
FA EARLY ON SAT...WITH SLGT CHCS OF SHRA/TSRA MENTIONED. BEYOND
SAT...UPR RDG OVR THE SERN STATES WL EXPAND WWD ACRS THE MID SOUTH.
THIS WL RESULT A MAINLY DRY AND WARM WEATHER PATTERN. ANY SIG STORM
SYS/S WL WORK ARND THE WRN PERIPHERY OF THE UPR RDG...STAYING N AND
W OF THE FA. TEMPS WL RMN AT ABV NORMAL LVLS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     61  71  55  77 /  50  20  10  20
CAMDEN AR         64  81  60  88 /  30  10  10  10
HARRISON AR       56  68  52  77 /  30  20  10  30
HOT SPRINGS AR    61  78  57  83 /  20  10  10  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  63  77  58  82 /  30  10  10  10
MONTICELLO AR     67  82  60  86 /  50  10  10  10
MOUNT IDA AR      59  76  56  83 /  10  10  10  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  57  68  53  76 /  40  20  10  20
NEWPORT AR        63  73  56  78 /  60  20  10  10
PINE BLUFF AR     65  79  59  84 /  40  10  10  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   60  73  56  81 /  20  10  10  20
SEARCY AR         63  75  56  80 /  40  20  10  10
STUTTGART AR      65  77  58  82 /  50  10  10  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR ARKANSAS-
BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-
DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-
POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-
WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL.
&&

SHORT TERM...64 / LONG TERM...44

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1255 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
1255 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SEVERE STORM SITUATION IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ARKANSAS...

A STORM SYSTEM IN KANSAS WILL TRACK INTO MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AND DEVELOP SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING LARGE HAIL AND
WIND...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR A
VERY STRONG TORNADO TO DEVELOP OVER A PART OF CENTRAL TO EASTERN
ARKANSAS IF FACTORS COME TOGETHER. RESIDENTS ACROSS ARKANSAS. SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER DUE TO THIS VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
STORMS.

OTHERWISE...THE SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT INTO ARKANSAS AND
DEVELOP SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...AND SEVERAL STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THIS EVENING...AND INTO THE
EARLY OVERNIGHT.

SEVERE WEATHER IS MOST LIKELY IN ABOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
STATE. THIS INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...LITTLE ROCK AND
HAMPTON. TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH
STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE.

SURROUNDING THE FRONT...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE
NOTED. WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH
OF ARKANSAS. THE STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OUT
OF THE STATE LATER TONIGHT.

ALSO...RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND SOME
ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WHILE RECORD CRESTS OCCURRED
AT SEVERAL FORECAST POINTS EARLIER THIS MONTH...SOME RIVERS ARE
RISING AGAIN DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAIN. THESE RIVERS WILL EVENTUALLY
RECEDE...BUT IT WILL BE A SLOW PROCESS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION TO THE EAST BY THURSDAY...AND WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR. THE FRONT WILL RETURN
FROM THE SOUTH BY FRIDAY...AND THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS.

OTHERWISE...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST
UNITED STATES BY THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE
NORMAL LEVELS. THIS WARM AND DRY PATTERN WILL ALLOW RIVERS IN THE
EAST TO SLOWLY RECEDE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
IN ABOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
214 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0206 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HORSESHOE BEND          36.22N 91.74W
05/25/2011                   IZARD              AR   PUBLIC

            TWO POWERPOLES WERE SNAPPED JUST OUTSIDE OF HORSESHOE
            BEND ALONG HWY 298. POWER IS CURRENTLY OUT TO SEVERAL
            BUSINESSES.

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