[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT WED APR 23 2003

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

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS STATES WILL BRING 
WARMER AND MORE UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS TODAY AND 
TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE 
INCREASE OVER THE AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS 
TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY 
RAINFALL...BUT THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. 

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS 
KANSAS AND INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A 
COLD FRONT...TRAILING SOUTHWARD FROM THE LOW...IS FORECAST TO MOVE 
INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PASS THROUGH THE 
REST OF THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED 
TO REDEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL... 
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THE EXTENT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATLY DEPENDENT ON THE 
AMOUNT OF DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY THAT CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 
A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OVER A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY 
NIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS ARKANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST 
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABOUT 
THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER ON THURSDAY.

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73,
Glenn