Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR

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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
925 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

IT WAS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ON SUNDAY...AND ALSO WARM AND HUMID
WITH BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS. A SHOWER OR TWO MOVED INTO THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WERE IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S.

ON THE SUNDAY EVENING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY IN THE PLAINS. THE FRONT TRIGGERED WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER...WITH TORNADOES SPAWNED FROM IOWA TO OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT
WILL STRUGGLE TO PUSH TO THE EAST BECAUSE OF A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. EVEN SO...SEVERE STORMS
WILL GRADUALLY BUILD TOWARD ARKANSAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

ON MONDAY...STORMS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERE
WEATHER AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE STATE.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AND THAT WILL ALLOW
THE 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.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S TO
AROUND 90S DEGREES. IT WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER BY WEDNESDAY...WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID
60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH UPPER 50S TO MID 60S BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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