THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST SLOWLY MOVES EAST TOWARDS ARKANSAS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SOME TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEEING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AREA WIDE FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST MOVES OVER ARKANSAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED DUE TO LACK OF SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL SHEAR. HOWEVER...CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO...ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS LOCALIZED INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR ACROSS SOME PORTION OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE INTO THE STATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS FRONT COULD TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOOKS LIMITED AT THIS TIME THIS FAR OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND AGAIN AREA WIDE FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
