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Monday, February 18, 2013

Monday's hazardous weather outlook


Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1155 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013

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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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