Big Fork Weather - Special Cases

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM ROUGHLY FORT SMITH TO
MEMPHIS..WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SAG TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT.
THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL SOMEWHERE OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
BEFORE WASHING OUT SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL THE
PRIMARY CONCERNS. WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING
AFTER SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE FRONT WILL STALL OR WASH OUT OVER THE STATE ON SATURDAY...WITH
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
STATE.

ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN TO THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND THE EXPECTED
TRACK OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM GUSTAV. AT THIS TIME...LANDFALL WILL BE
ANYWHERE FROM TEXAS TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WHERE THIS SYSTEM
MAKES LANDFALL WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF AN EFFECT IT HAS ON THE
WEATHER IN ARKANSAS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGERS MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE REGARDING GUSTAV.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.