Hazardous weather outlook August 30

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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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.