[PBARC] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
545 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2003

..COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF 
EASTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. A COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUD HAS RECENTLY 
BEEN REPORTED.

THE FUNNEL FORMED IN A FAIRLY MOIST AIRMASS...WITH LOW PRESSURE 
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SUCH AN AIRMASS WILL YIELD FUNNEL 
CLOUDS AT TIMES...AND LOW PRESSURE HAS HELPED ENHANCE A TURNING 
MOTION IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

WHILE ADDITIONAL FUNNELS MAY FORM THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THESE 
FUNNELS WILL BE VERY BRIEF AND THEY SELDOM REACH THE GROUND. THOSE 
THAT DO REACH THE GROUND CAUSE LITTLE IF ANY DAMAGE. ALSO...FUNNELS 
SUCH AS THESE DO NOT HAVE TO OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS ..AND MAY BE 
SPAWNED BY SHOWERS.

SHOULD YOU SEE A FUNNEL CLOUD IN YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS. AVOID OPEN AREAS WHERE LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN
ABOUT SHOULD ONE OF THE FUNNELS EXTEND TO THE GROUND.

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73,
Glenn