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WWUS44 KLZK 242216
WSWLIT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
416 PM CST MON FEB 24 2003

A DOME OF ARCTIC AIR HAS MOVED OVER ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH IN THE
WAKE OF SUNDAYS COLD FRONT. AT THE SAME TIME...PLENTY OF MOISTURE
WILL BE MOVING OVER THE COLD AIR PUSHED ALONG BY AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE.

THE AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PRIMARILY
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE SOUTH TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION
WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES...BUT IT WILL BE ON TOP OF ICE AND
SLEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE WARNING AREA.
CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A COMBINATION OF SLEET
AND SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT.

NORTH ARKANSAS WILL NOT HAVE AS MUCH MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR THE
DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW...ONLY AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED
FOR THE NORTH PART OF THE STATE TONIGHT.

THEN ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT
WILL BRING MORE WINTER PRECIPITATION TO ARKANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. NORTHERN AREAS WILL GET SNOW OR SLEET WITH LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
MAY GET SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.





ARZ021-022-025-030>034-037>047-054>057-250500-
ARKANSAS-CONWAY-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
JOHNSON-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-
PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL-
416 PM CST MON FEB 24 2003

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...
..WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOW MAY
MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS...BUT 
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY SNOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE
THE PRECIPITATION ENDS TUESDAY MORNING. 

FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES MAY RISE ENOUGH TO 
CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THE MENTIONED ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT
NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES
ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

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