HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 500 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISAAC WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE DAY...MOVING ACROSS THE STATE FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THROUGH TONIGHT...RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING FIVE INCHES IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. REMEMBER THAT HEAVY RAINFALL AT ANY TIME CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING EVEN IN AREAS EXPERIENCING PROLONGED DROUGHT. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STORM...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY. BY LATE TODAY...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER POSSIBLE. THE WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON AREA BODIES OF WATER. SOME HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES COULD HAVE DIFFICULTY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF WIND ENERGY WITH THE SYSTEM AND THE TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY NEAR AND TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THESE TORNADOES ARE GENERALLY SHORT-LIVED AND TEND TO BE FAST-MOVING. THROUGH TONIGHT...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE PRIMARILY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CONWAY TO AUGUSTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISAACS REMNANTS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ARKANSAS FRIDAY...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AGAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS WILL ONLY PROLONG THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING COULD OCCUR AS WELL. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN WOULD BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND WEST OF U S HIGHWAY 67. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...BUT WILL DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY. ONCE THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC MOVE OUT OF ARKANSAS BY SATURDAY...DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN...WITH WARM TEMPERATURES TO START OUT NEXT WEEK.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Hazardous weather outlook August 30
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