Rainfall chances for the area will begin to increase by Thursday, Oct. 1, and persist through the upcoming weekend, the National Weather Service in Little Rock said.
The probability of seeing at least 1 inch of rain is about 60% across Arkansas, with the greatest chances for heavy rainfall across the western third of the state.
However, there is still some uncertainty regarding the timing of the precipitation, meaning perhaps that a slower onset time with widespread rain chances not increasing until Friday…