UPDATE 1:50PM THU APR 20 2023
The National Weather Service has issued A Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 9 pm Thursday evening for the following 42 counties:
-Central Arkansas
Conway Faulkner Garland Grant Lonoke Perry Pope Prairie Pulaski Saline White Yell
-Eastern Arkansas
Jackson Lawrence Randolph Woodruff
-North Central Arkansas
Baxter Boone Cleburne Fulton Independence Izard Marion Newton Searcy Sharp Stone Van Buren
-Southeast Arkansas
Bradley Cleveland Jefferson
-Southwest Arkansas
Calhoun Clark Dallas Hot Spring Ouachita Pike
-Western Arkansas
Johnson Logan Montgomery Polk Scott
This includes the cities of Arkadelphia, Ash Flat, Attica, Augusta, Batesville, Beebe, Benton, Booneville, Bryant, Bull Shoals, Cabot, Calico Rock, Camden, Cave City, Cherokee Village, Clarksville, Clinton, Conway, Cotton Plant, Danville, Dardanelle, De Valls Bluff, Des Arc, Fairfield Bay, Flippin, Fordyce, Glenwood, Hampton, Hardy, Harrison, Hazen, Heber Springs, Horseshoe Bend, Hot Springs, Hoxie, Jasper, Kingsland, Leslie, Little Rock, Lonoke, Malvern, Mammoth Spring, Marshall, McCrory, Melbourne, Mena, Morrilton, Mount Ida, Mountain Home, Mountain View, Murfreesboro, Newport, Norman, North Little Rock, Ola, Oxford, Paris, Perryville, Pine Bluff, Pocahontas, Rison, Russellville, Searcy, Sheridan, Summit, Thornton, Waldron, Walnut Ridge, Warren, Western Grove, And Yellville.
Full forecast:
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Breezy southerly winds are expected on Thursday, ahead of an approaching cold front. Thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon along the front and some of these storms could become strong to severe, persisting into Friday morning. The primary concerns will be damaging winds and large hail. The tornado threat while low, is not zero.
The storms may also produce locally heavy rainfall Thursday evening into midday Friday. Several inches of rain may fall in a short amount of time which could lead to flash flooding.
Much colder air is expected for this weekend into next week. Temperatures in the mid-40s in central Arkansas and even mid-30s are likely across northern Arkansas Sunday morning. Some higher-elevated locations in the state could experience a freeze.
7-DAY FORECAST:
