Hazardous weather outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
110 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013

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110 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

WHILE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AND A STRONG STORM OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...THE OVERALL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LIMITED. THE MORE PRESSING ISSUE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF A WEST MEMPHIS TO TEXARKANA LINE. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. THAT AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AND THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR MORE RAIN EXPECTED. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF SOME WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT BUT THE SITUATION REMAINS FAR FROM CLEAR AND WILL ALSO BE MONITORED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.