[PBARC] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
505 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003

..FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS
AFTERNOON IN MUCH OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ON
OCCASION...THERE HAVE BEEN FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED.

THE FUNNELS HAVE FORMED IN A FAIRLY TROPICAL AIRMASS...WITH LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SUCH AN AIRMASS YIELDS
FUNNEL CLOUDS AT TIMES...AND LOW PRESSURE HAS HELPED ENHANCE A
TURNING MOTION IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

WHILE ADDITIONAL FUNNELS MAY FORM DURING THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS...SUCH 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