Severe Thunderstorm Watch
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 326 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY
THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD
MADISON WASHINGTON
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE
SEQUOYAH
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ADAIR CRAIG DELAWARE
MAYES OKMULGEE OTTAWA
ROGERS WAGONER
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE
MCINTOSH PITTSBURG
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
CHARLESTON...CLAREMORE...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...
FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MCALESTER...
MIAMI...MUSKOGEE...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK...POTEAU...PRYOR...
ROGERS...SALLISAW...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...
VAN BUREN...VINITA...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
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 Witter, Arkansas.
Shortterm Forecast
122 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
.NOW...
AT 1:22 AM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING A LARGE PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS
OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY HAS UNDERGONE SOME
WEAKENING AS IT ADVANCES SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.
THROUGH 2:30 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. COVERAGE WILL BE
WIDESPREAD OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE LIKELY
ELSEWHERE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT THIS MORNING.
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