Scattered showers and storms continue this afternoon across Arkansas. They’re mainly hit or miss showers and storms capable of lightning, gusty winds, small hail, and heavy rain. An isolated risk is there that one or two of those could be strong to severe, but it’s a very low risk. When thunder roars, head indoors.
These showers and storms have kept temperatures in the 80s, but the very humid air mass that Arkansas resides in means it still feels hotter than air temperatures read.
The main event is yet to come. Overnight Sunday, June 21, into Monday, June 22, a complex of showers and storms will push through Arkansas. With it, it’ll bring a risk of damaging wind gusts, flooding, and flash flooding, primarily. A very low tornado risk also exists, especially in northern Arkansas overnight.
Because of this overnight risk, the Arkansas Storm Team has declared late Sunday night into Monday an Arkansas Storm Team Alert Day. The fact that this is an overnight threat makes it that much more hazardous, as many will be asleep when the line of storms moves through. This line will also impact the Monday morning commute to work, creating a mess on the roads in some areas of the state.
Before heading to bed Sunday night, it’s strongly encouraged to have ways to receive weather alerts for your location set up, alerts that would wake you up in the event you should seek shelter overnight. It’s also recommended to have vehicles covered and away from any large trees that could come down in the wind…