[PBARC] inter Storm Warning

[InterWARN]

WWUS44 KLZK 250156
WSWLIT

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

SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET HAVE DEVELOPED IN WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND MORE WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN SOUTH ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT.

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

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.


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

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING 
REMAINS IN EFFECT...
..WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON...

HEAVY SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WILL 
CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS LATE THIS EVENING. 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.

IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING
SPEEDS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD
OF YOU. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN
BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN
MAKING TURNS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

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