A cold front will sweep across Arkansas Thursday and Friday.
Showers and storms will develop along and ahead of the front, with potential for strong to severe storms to develop.
The primary hazards with these storms will be large hail, damaging winds, with heavy rain and localized flash flooding.
The timing of the development of storms on Thursday will begin early this afternoon across west/northwest AR, with storms continuing to develop along and ahead of the front as it advances east/southeast through early Friday. Rainfall looks to persist through Friday evening across central, south, and eastern portions of the state.