Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 326 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
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AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD
FRANKLIN MADISON SEBASTIAN
WASHINGTON
Hazardous Weather Outlook
837 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD
FRONT PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD WITH THE FRONT INTO
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE
REGION OVERNIGHT AS A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING TO
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AS THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH...WITH ALSO A HAIL THREAT INCLUDED. PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH
COULD CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING AS THE
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LIMITED SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE ACTIVITY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD
EXIT THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH COOLER AND
DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION IN ITS WAKE.
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO RETURN TO EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A
WEAK WARM FRONT TRIES TO PUSH NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. THIS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD REMAIN NEAR THE REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY
WITH THE POTENTIAL TO RETURN SOUTHWARD AS A COLD FRONT TUESDAY.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
There are currently no Special Weather Statements Elk Ranch, Arkansas.
Shortterm Forecast
1125 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
.NOW...
AT 11:24 PM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING OVER AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 412 CORRIDOR. THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND
STRONGER ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF A MARAMEC TO WELCH LINE
WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. MOVEMENT OF THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30
MILES PER HOUR.
THROUGH 12:30 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST DEEPER INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FOR WESTERN
SECTIONS OF WASHINGTON AND BENTON COUNTIES IN FAR NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THIS TIME. THE
ACTIVITY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY
OF RESULTING IN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY
ALSO RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS.
Clear
