[PBARC] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
910 PM CST MON NOV 17 2003

..HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT...

PRECIPITATION WAS BECOMING WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF 
ARKANSAS AS OF MONDAY EVENING. AT 9 PM...PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY 
WEST OF SALEM...CONWAY AND CAMDEN...AND WAS BUILDING TO THE EAST. 
PARTS OF NEWTON COUNTY HAD RECEIVED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH 
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. 

AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER...THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY AS OF 9 PM. WHILE 
THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZED SOMEWHAT ON MONDAY AS WARM AND MOIST AIR 
SURGED NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF COAST...THE DESTABILIZATION WAS 
LIMITED BECAUSE OF LOTS OF CLOUDS AND LACK OF SUNSHINE. DUE TO A 
LACK OF INSTABILITY...THUNDER HAS HAD DIFFICULTY DEVELOPING. 

OVERNIGHT...A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. A LOT OF 
WIND ENERGY ALOFT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM...AND IT IS POSSIBLE 
THAT SOME OF THIS ENERGY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE GROUND IN A FEW 
DEVELOPING STORMS. EVEN SO...ANY WIND DAMAGE WILL BE LIMITED WITH 
ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED.

IN BRIEF...A HEAVY RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LITTLE IN 
THE WAY OF SEVERE WEATHER. IN FACT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN 
EFFECT TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...WITH A NEARLY SATURATED 
GROUND THERE DUE TO RECENT RAIN.        

PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE 
WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR THE 
MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 
          
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73,
Glenn