Easter morning storms

Your friendly writer believes that Easter Sunday should always be greeted with a bright sunrise, clear blue skies and temperatures in the 70's...but it looks like Easter 2013 will be anything but.

Along the Highway 82 corridor, and north of Interstate 20, expect more than one round of strong storms starting early Easter morning and lasting through early afternoon.  While we expect the storms to remain below severe limits, small hail and brief gusty winds up to 45mph are possible with storms tomorrow.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
318 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NORTH
OF THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS A DISTURBANCE AND COMBINED COLD FRONT SWING DOWN INTO
THE REGION. ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR SHOULD BE PRESENT TO
PRODUCE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 45
MPH...ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES. HOWEVER...INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCTION SHOULD BE LACKING AND KEEP THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
RATHER LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

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...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY.

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