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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
319 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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319 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST SLOWLY MOVES
EAST TOWARDS ARKANSAS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE
ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS. SOME TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
SEEING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE
STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AREA WIDE FOR
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST
MOVES OVER ARKANSAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED DUE TO LACK OF SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL SHEAR.
HOWEVER...CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO...ESPECIALLY
IF THERE IS LOCALIZED INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR ACROSS SOME
PORTION OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A
RESULT...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FOR THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER...A
COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE INTO THE STATE THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY. THIS FRONT COULD TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER LOOKS LIMITED AT THIS TIME THIS FAR OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND AGAIN AREA WIDE FOR
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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