[PBARC] pecial Weather Statement

[InterWARN]

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ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
615 AM CST WED FEB 26 2003

..ICE STORM IN PROGRESS IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS...

AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. AS 
THE PRECIPITATION SPREAD TO THE NORTH...IT BEGAN TO MIX WITH SLEET 
AND LIGHT SNOW. BY 5 AM THIS MORNING...MUCH OF THE MIXTURE HAD ENDED 
WITH FREEZING RAIN BEING REPORTED IN MOST AREAS. 

THE FREEZING RAIN WAS THE RESULT OF WARMER AIR TRYING TO SPREAD INTO 
ARKANSAS FROM THE GULF COAST REGION. SNOW ALOFT WAS FALLING THROUGH 
THIS WARMER AIR AND MELTING BEFORE REACHING SUBFREEZING CONDITIONS 
NEAR THE GROUND. THE RAIN WAS FREEZING ON CONTACT WITH EXPOSED 
OBJECTS AND ROADWAYS.

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR ABOUT THE 
SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF 
NEWPORT...CONWAY AND MURFREESBORO. IN THE WARNING AREA... 
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS HAVE MOSTLY AVERAGED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE 
TENTHS OF AN INCH. ICE BUILDUP ON POWER LINES WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
POWER OUTAGES IN SOME AREAS. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHWEST 
HALF OF ARKANSAS. IN THIS AREA...PRECIPITATION HAS VARIED WIDELY 
OVERNIGHT. TOWARD THE ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER...THERE HAS BEEN 
AS LITTLE AS A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION...WITH MOST AREAS REPORTING A 
TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. IN GENERAL...ICE BUILDUP HAS NOT 
BEEN AS PROBLEMATIC AS IN AREAS FARTHER SOUTHEAST.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATER THIS 
MORNING...WITH ONLY PATCHY FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. 

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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