Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
321 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

MONROE                

IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

ARKANSAS              DESHA                 

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ARKANSAS CITY...BRINKLEY...

CLARENDON...DE WITT...DUMAS...MCGEHEE...ROHWER AND STUTTGART.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

925 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FIRING OFF OF REMNANTS OF CONVECTIVE 
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE  
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREAT. THE 
OVERALL SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED.

A COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY POSITIONED ACROSS NORTH ARKANSAS...WILL 
BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY BEFORE LIFTING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT 
OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE SEVERE THREATS...MAINLY OVER 
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE CLOSEST TO A NEW COMPLEX OF 
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT OF EAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT.

.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 A SECONDARY COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE STATE.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE 
FRONT...AND DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE 
FRONT WILL CLEAR THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION 
TAPERING OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. FRIDAY WILL BE COOL AND 
BREEZY...WITH TEMPS WARMING BACK UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

COVERAGE OF ANY SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE TOO 
SMALL TO REQUIRE SPOTTER ACTIVATION. HOWEVER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION 
MAY BECOME NECESSARY ON THURSDAY.

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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 Garrett Bridge, Arkansas.

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Garrett Bridge, Arkansas.