Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
900 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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900 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING...DURING THE HEATING
OF THE DAY. BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS
ACTIVITY THAT FORMS TO THE WEST MOVES EAST AND NORTHEAST FROM
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
THE FAR NORTHWEST. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF ANY SEVERE STORM WOULD BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A LARGE AND POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE STATE
FOR MONDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...REMAINING TO THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND
ESPECIALLY THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY ACROSS FAR
NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. THESE AREAS OF THE STATE WILL
HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEEING ANY STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...WITH TORNADOES ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

THIS LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST FOR TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY...WITH CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM
INCREASING. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OVERHEAD. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY WITH
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.

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 LATE THIS WEEK INTO
THE WEEKEND. 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 MONDAY
NIGHT...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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