[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
540 PM CST TUE DEC 21 2004

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540 PM CST TUE DEC 21 2004

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

DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ACROSS THE NORTH...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE FROM THE PLAINS 
TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...MAINLY 
FROM FALLSVILLE TO MARSHALL TO MOUNTAIN VIEW TO CAVE CITY AND NORTH 
OF THIS LINE. UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THESE AREAS BY 
DAWN WEDNESDAY. RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD 
CLARKSVILLE AND BATESVILLE BUT LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS 
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR 
NORTHERN ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.                         

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT. SOME FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AS INSTABILITY
WILL BE MARGINAL.

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 BY THE END OF 
WEDNESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE 
NORTHERN PART OF ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT TO THIS AND ONE ROW OF 
COUNTIES FARTHER SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 
WEDNESDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

TOWARD CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...LESSER SNOW IS EXPECTED...BUT 
UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. LESS THAN 
ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTH.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN MUCH 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. IN AREAS OF THE NORTH THAT GET ANY 
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...LOW TEMPERATURES OF ZERO OR LESS MAY BE 
POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT REACH FREEZING AGAIN 
UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AND SUNDAY IN THE 
NORTH. 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