1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 2:35 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 335 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001 MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER ARKANSAS. OLD BOUNDARY REMAINS GENERALLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AFTERNOON HEATING MAKING ATMOSPHERE EVEN MORE UNSTABLE. WILL GO WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FORECAST AREA FOR TONIGHT. SPC ISSUING TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN COUNTIES AS 4 PM. COLD FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE ON THURSDAY. WILL KEEP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR THURSDAY...WITH CHANCES DECREASING FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES FARTHER DURING THE DAY. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE PARTLY CLOUDY. AVN INDICATING ANOTHER FAST MOVING FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...BUT WILL INCLUDE SMALL POPS IN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOK DRY. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. NGM MOS POPS AND TEMPERATURES GENERALLY REASONABLE. (22) .LIT...NONE
ARZ037>042-052>054-066-310159- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 350 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 329 SOUTH AND WEST SECTIONS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF WEST AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS WELL. 16
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines around Pine Bluff. An airplane hangar was also damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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