[PBARC] ce Storm Warning

InterWARN [email protected]
Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:55:02 -0500


WWUS44 KLZK 260957
WSWLIT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
346 AM CST WED FEB 26 2003

A STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST WAS PULLING MOISTURE INTO
ARKANSAS. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WAS
OCCURRING. IN ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS...THE SYSTEM
WAS BRINGING WARMER AIR ALOFT...WITH SNOW MELTING OVERHEAD AND
FALLING INTO BELOW FREEZING AIR NEAR THE GROUND. THE RESULT WAS
FREEZING RAIN...WITH ICY CONDITIONS LIKELY. FARTHER NORTHWEST...THE
AIR ALOFT WAS COLDER...WITH LITTLE IF ANY MELTING AND MAINLY
LIGHT SNOW AND SOME SLEET OCCURRING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL
TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING...WITH ONLY LEFTOVER LIGHT
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

ARZ025-032>034-042>047-052>057-062>069-261500-
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-
346 AM CST WED FEB 26 2003

..ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING...

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING
IN ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS. ICING WILL OCCUR ON 
ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED PAVEMENT.

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF 
NEWPORT...CONWAY AND MURFREESBORO.   

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.

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