HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 526 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE PLAINS. THE MAIN RISKS WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN SOME AFFECTED AREAS COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ISSUES. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AND STALL THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A RISK OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN RISK WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE CONCERN OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR IN MISSISSIPPI WHERE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AT LEAST ISOLATED LOCATIONS. IN THESE LATTER AREAS TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY EARLY THURSDAY MAY REACH OR EXCEED 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
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