[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
945 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY 
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT INTO 
WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT 
MOVED ACROSS ARKANSAS LAST NIGHT AND INTRODUCED MUCH COLDER AIR TO 
THE NATURAL STATE. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO FORM IN SOUTH 
TEXAS. THIS LOW WILL LIFT OUT AND TRAVEL ALONG A STALLED OUT SURFACE 
FRONT...CURRENTLY SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE 
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THIS LOW WILL FORCE MOISTURE LADEN AIR UP 
AND OVER THE COLD SURFACE AIR WITH THE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION 
CONTINUING. WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING JUST BELOW FREEZING ACROSS 
NORTH ARKANSAS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY 
MIX WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END 
BRIEFLY TONIGHT BEFORE STARTING UP ONCE AGAIN.

SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE FORECAST 
ACROSS THE NORTH. DRIVING WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME HAZARDOUS...AND 
THERE COULD BE ENOUGH ICE TO DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. 

THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR A COLD 
RAIN. SOME SLEET COULD BE MIXED IN AT TIMES TOWARDS MORNING. IN THE 
SOUTH...RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST. RAIN COULD BE 
HEAVY AT TIMES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS EXCEEDING TWO INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY 
BEFORE THE SYSTEM ELECTS INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THE 
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE MORNING AND MAY END AS A 
BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE 
POSSIBLE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 
CENTRAL SECTIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH THE PRECIPITATION 
BECOMING MORE SCATTERED DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND A FEW 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY OVER THE 
SOUTH. FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL 
SUPPORT FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM SWEEPS THROUGH.

DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING MOST OF THE REST OF THE WEEK. A 
CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.


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