[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST TUE DEC 21 2004

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DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-
IZARD-JACKSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-
OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-
VAN BUREN-WHITE-YELL-ARKANSAS-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PRAIRIE-
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500 AM CST TUE DEC 21 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TODAY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY THIS 
AFTERNOON...WITH RAIN LIKELY THIS EVENING. WITH A FAIRLY WARM 
ATMOSPHERE...IT MAY BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN 
THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED 
TO BECOME SEVERE. 

ACROSS THE NORTH...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE FROM THE PLAINS 
TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...MAINLY 
FROM HARRISON TO MOUNTAIN HOME AND SALEM. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY 
FALL IN THESE AREAS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW 
FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD CLARKSVILLE AND BATESVILLE. 

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH COLD AIR 
SPREADING INTO AREAS FARTHER SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING IN 
MOST AREAS...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. 

IN AREAS NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE AND BATESVILLE...STORM TOTAL SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS MY REACH 5 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS. IN THESE AREAS...A 
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 

TOWARD CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...LESSER SNOW IS EXPECTED...BUT 
UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN INCH 
OR LESS OF ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTH.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS ON 
WEDNESDAY DUE TO SNOW COVER AND ICE. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE 
CASE AROUND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHICH WILL BE EXPOSED TO BELOW 
FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A WARM GROUND MAY ACTUALLY IMPROVE CONDITIONS 
ALONG ROADWAYS...WITH MELTING OCCURRING.

FARTHER SOUTH...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW OR ICE  
COVERED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES 
FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE SNOW DOES NOT 
OCCUR...WATER ON BRIDGES WILL FREEZE...WITH PATCHES OF ICE 
FORMING.

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE 
ENDING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. 

THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...DRY WEATHER WILL BE NOTED BUT WITH 
WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. ON FRIDAY MORNING AND ON THE MORNING 
OF CHRISTMAS DAY...READINGS ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE WILL PLUMMET 
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. PEOPLE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER 
RUNNING A STREAM OF WATER IN THEIR HOMES TO PROTECT PIPES FROM 
FREEZING. 

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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73,
Glenn