[PBARC] Special Weather Statement - Tornado Watch

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 02:31:50 -0600

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
225 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

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

HEAVY RAIN SHIFTED FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONDAY 
EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE SLIDING INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE 
STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. 

AS OF 2 AM THIS MORNING...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED FROM 
MELBOURNE...TO CONWAY AND LITTLE ROCK...TO PINE BLUFF AND 
MONTICELLO.  

SINCE 6 PM MONDAY EVENING...PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS 
RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN ABOUT 
HALF A DOZEN COUNTIES IN THE NORTH AND WEST THROUGH EARLY THIS 
MORNING. A FEW TOTALS INCLUDED 3.23 INCHES AT RUSSELLVILLE...2.49 
INCHES AT MOUNT IDA...2.09 INCHES AT HOT SPRINGS AND 1.56 INCHES AT 
MOUNTAIN HOME.

AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER...THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY AS OF 2 AM. IN 
FACT...THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE IN THE WAY OF THUNDER OVERALL. 
HOWEVER...THERE IS A LOT OF WIND ENERGY ALOFT. AT LITTLE ROCK...
WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 50 TO 60 MPH JUST A FEW THOUSAND 
FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THIS ENERGY MAY 
CAUSE ROTATION IN A FEW DEVELOPING STORMS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES 
POSSIBLE.  

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ABOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF 
ARKANSAS THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF 
SALEM...MOUNTAIN VIEW...LONOKE...AND HAMPTON.  

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