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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
429 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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429 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER
WITH THIS ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...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 LATER THIS MORNING
AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS 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
SOUTHWESTERN 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 TIME FRAME.

.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.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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