HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 545 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS EXTENDING ALONG AND NORTH OF A PORT GIBSON MISSISSIPPI TO LAUREL MISSISSIPPI LINE. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH AS WELL HAIL FROM DIME TO QUARTER SIZE. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AS THE AIRMASS RECOVERS FROM THE MORNING ACTIVITY. THERE IS STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO THE AMOUNT OF RECOVERY...HOWEVER. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...DIME TO QUARTER HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSING A FLASH FLOODING RISK COULD BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE INTERMITTENTLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR...AS AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN PERSISTS. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS FROM TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL LIKELY BE UP TO OR GREATER THAN 2 INCHES. IN A FEW LOCATIONS THIS COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING ISSUES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .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 AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY.
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