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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
900 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA 
TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING...DURING THE HEATING 
OF THE DAY. BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST 
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS 
ACTIVITY THAT FORMS TO THE WEST MOVES EAST AND NORTHEAST FROM 
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE 
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT ACROSS 
THE FAR NORTHWEST. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF ANY SEVERE STORM WOULD BE 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A LARGE AND POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE STATE 
FOR MONDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... 
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...REMAINING TO THE WEST AND 
NORTHWEST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND 
ESPECIALLY THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY ACROSS FAR 
NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. THESE AREAS OF THE STATE WILL 
HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEEING ANY STRONG TO SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...WITH TORNADOES ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

THIS LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST FOR TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY...WITH CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM
INCREASING. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OVERHEAD. LARGE 
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE. 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY WITH 
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO 
WEDNESDAY. 

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FOR THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER...A 
COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE INTO THE STATE LATE THIS WEEK INTO 
THE WEEKEND. THIS FRONT COULD TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS 
WEATHER LOOKS LIMITED AT THIS TIME THIS FAR OUT. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MONDAY
NIGHT...AND AGAIN AREA-WIDE FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 

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