Edited sentence: In 2002, KTHV became the first station in the Little Rock television market to erect a digital antenna and broadcast a digital television signal.On March 1, 1997, chief meteorologist Ed Buckner went on the air to cover a significant tornado outbreak that cause damage to much of Arkansas.There were 19 tornadoes that day, the final death toll was 26, though it is believed that it would have been much higher without the advance warning provided by Buckner and the rest of the KTHV weather staff