Severe storms risk increases Friday evening

Courtesy National Weather Service
Courtesy National Weather Service

Northwest Arkansas has an enhanced risk of severe storms Friday evening according to the National Weather Service.

High winds today and Friday also lead to an elevated fire risk.

A few of these storms could become supercells with the threat for baseball size hail, damaging winds, and possibly, a few tornadoes, according to a National Weather Service report. The greatest potential continues to be across far eastern Oklahoma and also Northwest Arkansas,

The latest forecast calls for the rain to enter western Arkansas around 4 p.m. and push into central Arkansas between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday.

Lance Pyle of the National Weather Service’s North Little Rock office advised that Arkansas residents need to “prepare for severe weather now,” including having a safe place to go if a tornado warning is issued.

As the rainfall departs, cooler air will be in place in Arkansas. Temperatures are set to fall near freezing early Sunday and below freezing Monday morning.

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