[PBARC] inter Storm Warning

[InterWARN]

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.



ARZ052-053-062>069-250500-
BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA-
PIKE-
416 PM CST MON FEB 24 2003

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
..WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION COULD REACH 1 TO 3
INCHES AND THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL COULD
BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 

FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WHICH
MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS 
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ENOUGH TO CHANGE PRECIPITATION
TO RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.



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