No Stopping Laura

Laura will bring heavy rainfall, high winds, and isolated tornadoes starting Thursday. As I always say, "There are no guarantees in weather until after it happens." I hope the forecast changes, I hope the track changes, and I hope Laura doesn't make landfall, but there's a very high chance we'll have direct impacts on Arkansas.

This is what you need to know PLUS maps below

• Laura moves in Thurs, especially during the afternoon from south to north.

• The heaviest rain axis will be from southwest to northeast along the track

• Lesser amounts far NW and SE, but that can change

• Flash flooding likely

• Wind gusts up to 60mph likely southern Arkansas, but decreasing NE

• With a saturated ground (southwest), power outages can be expected

• Elsewhere, a few power outages will be possible, but less northeast

• The tornado threat is low, but it's possible in feeder bands east of the center

• The tornadoes with tropical systems are usually brief and isolated

• We can't rule out a strong tornado

• If tornadoes do develop, there will be little to no lightning as we're typically used to.

• Heavy rain continues Thursday night into Friday morning.

• Rain lessens south, but continues north Friday afternoon

• Most of the rain exits early Saturday morning

Laura now a major hurricane as of Wednesday morning and it will take a while to lose its wind energy over Arkansas, but it will.

You don't see this often

Euro rainfall guidance (MODELS ARE NOT FORECASTS)

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FROM THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER BELOW. THIS IS A FORECAST

Can things still change? YES! However, confidence is quite high of significant impacts. If there are changes, probably won't be much. We'll keep you updated.