[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 04:40:43 -0600

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2003

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ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-
VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL-
500 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2003

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

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL AFFECT ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL ENCOUNTER MOIST AIR OVER THE STATE... 
RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION.

CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND SOME LIGHT RAIN 
WILL BEGIN OVER THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD RAPIDLY EASTWARD TONIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN 
ARKANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

IN AREAS AROUND HARRISON...JASPER...MOUNTAIN HOME...AND SALEM... 
MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME SLEET COULD BE MIXED 
IN...ESPECIALLY FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER PRECIPITATION BEGINS. 
PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 3 TO 5 
INCHES...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON RIDGE LINES.

A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH...FROM WALDRON AND BOONEVILLE TO DANVILLE... 
CLARKSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...CLINTON...HEBER SPRINGS...MOUNTAIN 
VIEW...BATESVILLE...AND HARDY...PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO BE A 
MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. LATER FRIDAY NIGHT...  
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET. 
ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES.

IN AREAS AROUND MENA...MOUNT IDA...HOT SPRINGS...BENTON...LITTLE 
ROCK...CABOT...DES ARC...AND BRINKLEY...A MIXTURE OF RAIN... 
SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY...SHOULD BE AN 
INCH OR LESS.

IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...ONLY RAIN IS EXPECTED.

THE EXACT TRACK OF THE WINTER STORM IS STILL NOT CERTAIN. THUS... 
FUTURE FORECASTS MAY ADJUST PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN 
AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY 
SOME LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED IN THE NORTH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS 
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. 

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73,
Glenn