Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1155 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-191100- 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- 1155 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT... PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 AND 40 CORRIDOR. STRONG WINDS...BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. IN ADDITION... LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ALSO...AHEAD OF THE FRONT...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE STATE. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE WINDS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS WEEK AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN ON THURSDAY. AGAIN...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH. ALSO...IN THE NORTH...THIS PRECIPITATION COULD START OFF AS A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING INSTABILITY WITH THIS SYSTEM SO FUTURE FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR MORE DETAIL ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
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