Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1146 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOME POTENTIAL
FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SOME HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVER AREAS THAT SAW SOME HEAVY RAINFALL ON
MONDAY EVENING.
EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A
POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST MOVES OVER ARKANSAS. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH HIGH LEVELS OF INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE IN PLACE. THE
MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND
DESTRUCTIVE LARGE HAIL. THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL
EXIST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE STATE WHERE THE BEST
COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL COINCIDE.
DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...AND WITH MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING AS SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES
OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE BEGINNING ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS MORE STABLE AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE
STATE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FOR FRIDAY...BUT
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SOUTH AND
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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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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