Today's hazardous weather outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
354 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

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354 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON
HIGHS NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES FOR MOST OF THE AREA. SOME
LOCATIONS COULD APPROACH 110 DEGREES. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES
WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO NEAR 110 DEGREES IN MUCH OF THE AREA. AS
A RESULT...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

MOST OF THE STATE IS NOW IN SEVERE WILDFIRE DANGER DUE TO THE SEVERE
TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND RESULTING DRY VEGETATION.
MOST COUNTIES HAVE BURN BANS IN PLACE. OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND
IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS FIRES COULD QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF
CONTROL.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF
THE AFTERNOON. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED...ANY STORM COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS FOR
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE CONTINUED HOT TEMPERATURES AND
ELEVATED HUMIDITY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM
105 TO NEAR 110 DEGREES. SOME PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EASTERN AND
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS COULD SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACH 115
DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY...INCLUDING AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM NEWPORT...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO WARREN.

THE WILDFIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH TO SEVERE OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT AND
VERY HOT TEMPERATURES. ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH NO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
EXPECTED IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE TO BRING MUCH RELIEF.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.