Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
525 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
IT WAS PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT...AS WARM HUMID AIR REMAINED OVER THE
REGION. TEMPERATURES REMAINED MILD...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE
UPPER 60S TO THE MID 70S.
A COLD FRONT REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE PLAINS
STATES...WHERE SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOTED SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL NOT
MOVE VERY FAR EAST TODAY...WITH SEVERE WEATHER ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE
JUST EAST OF THE FRONT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS
FAR NORTHERN ARKANSAS...NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER. THESE STORMS WILL
DISSIPATE BY NOON...WITH WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS REMAINING ACROSS
THE ENTIRE STATE.
HOWEVER...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...STORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS
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 BE POSSIBLE IN
THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE.
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.
AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 80S TO AROUND
90 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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