[PBARC] pecial Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
550 AM CST TUE FEB 25 2003

..WINTER STORM ARRIVES IN ARKANSAS...

WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGAN TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS MONDAY 
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION BEGAN AS MOSTLY RAIN IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS 
OF THE STATE...WITH A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW 
OVERNIGHT. FARTHER NORTH...AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...IT WAS 
ALL SNOW IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES 
IN THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE. 

THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS OCCURRED FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO PORTIONS OF 
CENTRAL ARKANSAS...OR FROM MENA AND MOUNT IDA NORTHEAST TO AROUND 
PERRYVILLE AND MAUMELLE. IN THESE AREAS...8 TO AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES 
OF SNOW WAS REPORTED AS OF 5 AM THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE 
CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS COMMON. 

ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE...ROADS WERE SNOW COVERED AND 
HAZARDOUS WITH TRAVEL STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 

ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...OR IN AREAS NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLE AND 
NEWPORT...SNOW WAS LIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AS OF 5 
AM THIS MORNING. 

IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...PRECIPITATION WAS CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS 
MORNING AFTER A WINTRY MIX OVERNIGHT. SOME AREAS HAD MORE THAN A 
QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT...WITH ICY CONDITIONS THIS 
MORNING. 

THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY COME 
TO AN END AND WILL BE CONFINED TO ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE 
STATE. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL INTO EASTERN 
ARKANSAS...WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF 
THE STATE. IN GENERAL...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS 
WILL BE MINOR.         

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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