Hazardous Weather Outlook for Walnut Hill, Arkansas
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
502 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024
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502 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024
This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.
.DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing Through Mid Evening.
DISCUSSION...
Shower and thunderstorm chances will continue across eastern
Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas through tonight ahead of a low
pressure system approaching from the west. Some of the
thunderstorms through mid evening, especially across northwest
Arkansas, will have a limited potential to become strong to
marginally severe. Large hail and strong winds are the main
threats with the strongest storms. Severe potentials begin to
weaken after sunset and continue to decrease overnight.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
SATURDAY...No Hazards.
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorm chances will persist Friday and Friday night,
with a decreasing trend from west to east as the upper level storm
system moves east of the area. The stronger storms Friday
afternoon and evening could produce marginally severe hail and
wind, especially across southeast Oklahoma into west-central
Arkansas.
Above normal temperatures return for the weekend. Both Sunday
night and Monday night, the southern end of expected thunderstorm
complexes to the north of the Kansas and Missouri borders may
affect parts of northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas as well.
A cold front Tuesday should increase the shower and thunderstorm
chances areawide. Severe weather is looking more likely with the
Tuesday storms, although details are uncertain at this time.
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