There are currently no active warnings or advisories for Benton, Arkansas.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

332 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY 
EVENING...MAINLY OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM 
MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME 
SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY CONCERN.

A STALLED FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...WILL LIFT BACK 
TO THE NORTH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER 
LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AND INTERACT WITH THE FRONT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY IN THE WEST LATE 
TONIGHT...AS THE UPPER SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH THE BOUNDARY. ISOLATED 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND MOST 
LIKELY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. IF ANY STORMS WERE TO 
BECOME SEVERE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST 
INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS 
THURSDAY...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD BY MID MORNING AND INTO THE 
AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DRAGS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT 
THROUGH THE STATE.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE 
FRONT...AND DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY 
CONCERN WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE 
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS AS WELL. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OUT 
OF THE STATE BY FRIDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END.

FRIDAY WILL BE COOL AND BREEZY...WITH TEMPS WARMING BACK UP THROUGH 
THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 
MIDNIGHT.

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

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Benton, Arkansas.

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