There are currently no active warnings or advisories for Newport, 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 Newport, Arkansas.
There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Newport, Arkansas.
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