[PBARC] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
605 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004

ARZ025-033-034-044>047-055>057-062>065-067>069-230100-
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GRANT-JACKSON-
JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
605 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004

..LANDSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
ARKANSAS INTO THIS EVENING...

A FEW LANDSPOUTS COULD OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN ARKANSAS. LANDSPOUTS ARE CAUSED BY MECHANISMS THAT ARE
DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT CAUSE TORNADOES SO THEY USUALLY DO NOT HAVE
THE SAME DEADLY POTENTIAL.

LANDSPOUTS ARE TYPICALLY OBSERVED BENEATH CUMULONIMBUS OR TOWERING
CUMULUS CLOUDS AND ARE ESSENTIALLY THE LAND BASED EQUIVALENTS OF
WATERSPOUTS. LANDSPOUTS DO NOT ARISE FROM ORGANIZED STORM SCALE
ROTATION...SO THEY WILL OFTEN NOT BE DETECTED BY RADAR. VISUALLY...
UNLIKE TORNADOES...LANDSPOUTS WILL NOT USUALLY BE PRECEDED BY
A WALL CLOUD.

LANDSPOUTS CAN BE SPAWNED IN NOTHING MORE THAN A SHOWER...WITH
NO THUNDER PRESENT. LANDSPOUTS ARE OFTEN NEARLY STATIONARY DUE TO
WEAK ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS.

IF A LANDSPOUT HAPPENS TO TOUCH THE GROUND...IT COULD CAUSE
MINOR DAMAGE. IF ONE APPROACHES YOUR AREA...YOU SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID OPEN AREAS WHERE LOOSE OBJECTS
COULD BE BLOWN AROUND SHOULD A LANDSPOUT PASS BY YOUR LOCATION.

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73,
Glenn