Hazardous Weather Outlook

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:31:37 -0600

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST MON MAR 17 2003

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

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TOWARDS 
ARKANSAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS TODAY. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY IS 
FORECAST TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. A FEW OF 
THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF REACHING STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS OVER 
WEST-CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE LATER TONIGHT. 

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS 
STATES LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...AN ASSOCIATED 
SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS ARKANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT. 
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AS THE FRONT COLLIDES 
WITH THE WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE STATE. IN ADDITION TO THE 
POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THERE WILL ALSO BE A 
CHANCE FOR TORNADOES.

WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT SHAPING UP 
FOR THE STATE...PERSONS ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO MONITOR LATER 
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS AND 
STATEWIDE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

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73,
Glenn