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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.


ARZ021-022-025-030>034-043>047-054>057-250500-
ARKANSAS-CONWAY-FAULKNER-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
756 PM CST MON FEB 24 2003

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

SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS 
TONIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN THIS EVENING...BUT THE 
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WITH 
ISOLATED THUNDER SNOW 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. STAY 
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST 
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

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