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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

A COLD FRONT REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE PLAINS
STATES...PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA.  MEANWHILE...SKIES WERE VARIABLY CLOUDY ACROSS ARKANSAS
TODAY...AND HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 70S TO NEAR 80
DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTH...AND IN THE 80S TO NEAR 90S OVER THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.  A FEW SCATTERED LIGHT
SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED MAINLY OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND WILL
MOVE EAST INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  SEVERE WEATHER AND
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY BE IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE
STATE POSSIBLY SPREADING INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT.  WARM
AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE
60S TO LOWER 70S.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT
ON TUESDAY...AND THAT WILL ALLOW THE COLD FRONT TO HEAD INTO THE
REGION.  STORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD...AND SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE.

DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE BE MAIN CONCERNS.  ALSO...ONE TO THREE INCH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH LOCALLY MORE IN THE WESTERN
COUNTIES.  THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE LITTLE COOLER BY WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S TO MID 80S...WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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