Special weather statement from the National Weather Service in Little Rock

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
900 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-270200-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...
BAUXITE...BEARDEN...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...
BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS...
CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...
GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...
GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HARDY...
HARRISON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...
HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...
HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...
KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEAD HILL...LEOLA...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MAUMELLE...
MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO...
MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE...
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA...
OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...
PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN...
PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...
RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...
STEPHENS...STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN...
VILONIA...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY...YELLVILLE
900 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON TO
TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN
OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS
UNDER A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. A MODERATE TO SLIGHT RISK COVERS THE REMAINDER OF THE
STATE.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND
THEN MOVE ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS LATER TODAY AND GRADUALLY MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INITIALLY
OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...THEN PUSH ACROSS THE STATE IN THE
EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SUPER CELL THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INITIAL DEVELOP...THEN A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS...WITH VERY STRONG WIND BOWING SEGMENTS...WILL BE
POSSIBLE AHEAD OF AND WITH THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE
STATE. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN ONE
INCH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IF CONDITIONS COME TOGETHER IT WILL BE
POSSIBLE THAT A VERY STRONG AND LONG TRACK DAMAGING TORNADO COULD
BE SEEN IN ARKANSAS. ALSO AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...
WITH FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED...AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. MANY AREAS ACROSS THE
STATE ARE CURRENTLY FLOODING OR THE GROUND IS SATURATED...AND THIS
WILL JUST MAKE CONDITIONS WORST.

PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WATCH OR
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA.