textproduct: Little Rock

KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 158 AM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

- Seasonably warm temperatures will continue into early next week.

- Multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms are expected through at least Tuesday evening.

- Overall, the entire forecast period will highlight increased chances for rainfall across the state.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 158 AM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

To begin the period, showers and thunderstorms will continue to wrap up with clearing skies likely to continue overnight. With that said, patchy-dense fog will be possible across portions of the state where winds go calm and skies clear. The best chance for dense fog appears to be for portions of central and northern Arkansas where the heaviest rain fell Friday.

The pattern will continue to be active through the weekend and into early next week as multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms affect the state.

Saturday is expected to be primarily a large hail, and possibly damaging wind threat during the evening and into the overnight hours as pop-up storms moves across the western half of the state. Sunday looks to be fairly calm across much of the state with some showers and thunderstorms tracking across mainly northern Arkansas.

Monday will be the next chance for widespread severe weather as a warm front lifts north of the state as a cold front tracks through leaving most of the state within the warm sector. This will also bring the best chance for tornado chances across any of the upcoming severe weather days. With that said, large hail and damaging wind gusts will also be possible. Then finally, we will wrap up this active weather pattern with another round of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening.

In summary, an active weather pattern will continue across the Natural State through at least Tuesday bring the chance for strong to severe thunderstorms. On a positive note, with the unsettled weather pattern over the state through the weekend and into early next week, much needed rainfall will continue to fall providing some relief to the ongoing drought across the state.

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1215 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

MVFR cigs in place are slowly improving to VFR across the state early this afternoon. Will see most terminals improve to VFR through the afternoon hours with generally E/SE winds up to 10 kts. Overnight, isolated TS activity expected to develop across eastern OK by 26/00z will drift E/SE and impact terminals across western, central and southern AR through 26/12z. KHRO/KBPK are most likely to avoid impacts from this activity. Most precip should exit to the SE after 26/12z with mostly VFR conditions expected near the end of the period.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Batesville AR 61 80 66 85 / 30 40 50 40 Camden AR 62 83 67 89 / 80 50 30 20 Harrison AR 59 78 65 84 / 50 40 50 50 Hot Springs AR 61 80 66 85 / 80 50 40 30 Little Rock AR 62 81 67 86 / 60 50 50 30 Monticello AR 64 83 68 89 / 60 50 30 20 Mount Ida AR 60 80 66 84 / 90 40 40 30 Mountain Home AR 59 78 64 85 / 30 40 50 50 Newport AR 62 82 67 87 / 20 30 40 40 Pine Bluff AR 63 82 67 88 / 60 50 40 30 Russellville AR 61 80 66 85 / 60 40 40 30 Searcy AR 60 80 64 87 / 40 40 40 40 Stuttgart AR 64 81 68 87 / 40 50 40 30

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.