HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 321 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...BRINGING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AND THEN THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE RISK DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. ALSO A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCATIONS WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR. THE CONCERN FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A BASTROP LOUISIANA TO GRENADA MISSISSIPPI LINE COULD RECEIVE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AS VERY MOIST AIR INTERACTS WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IT APPEARS THE GREATER RISK FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER THE ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION...WHERE CONCERNS FOR FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .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 THIS EVENING BUT IS OTHERWISE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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