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
1243 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...SEVERE WEATHER MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
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.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHED INTO THE
REGION. DAMAGING WINDS...CAPABLE BOTH AHEAD OF THE STORMS AND
WITHIN THE STORMS HAVE BEEN THE MAIN THREAT...WITH ALSO A HAIL
THREAT INCLUDED. GUSTY WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED BEHIND THE
LEADING EDGE OF STORMS IN THE 25 TO 45 MPH RANGE. THIS COMPLEX
SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE
COLD FRONT. PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WHICH COULD CREATE THE 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 Uniontown, Arkansas.
Shortterm Forecast
1231 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
.NOW...
AT 12:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH
ISOLATED ACTIVITY NOTED OVER PARTS OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.
THROUGH 1:45 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS
OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A WELEETKA TO
COLCORD LINE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
SOME AREAS. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL PRECEDE THE
THUNDERSTORMS...AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES PER
HOUR. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR
FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THIS
TIME. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING WILL BE COMMON WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH 4 AM CDT THIS MORNING.
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