[PBARC] ce Storm Warning

InterWARN [email protected]
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:13:23 -0500


WWUS44 KLZK 260414
WSWLIT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1014 PM CST TUE FEB 25 2003

ANOTHER WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS TONIGHT
AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW
FREEZING WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
FREEZING RAIN HAS BEGUN ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND THE
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS LATE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ARZ025-032>034-042>047-052>057-062>069-261000-
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-
GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-
OUACHITA-PIKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
1014 PM CST TUE FEB 25 2003

..ICE STORM WARNING FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

FREEZING RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND WILL 
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF 
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...AND MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY 
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH 
ARE LIKELY...WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. 
ROADS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND 
OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 

PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ARKANSAS FROM YET ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE
WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM
BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU...AND 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 TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

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