[PBARC] Winter Weather Advisory

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1135 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2004

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1135 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2004

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS EXPANDED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY TO INCLUDE PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE AREA...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO ALL
SNOW BY TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES JUST BEFORE NOON WERE STILL IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S
ACROSS THE AREA. REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
INDICATED THAT ROAD CONDITIONS WERE MOSTLY WET OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
HOWEVER...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD FALL HEAVIER AT TIMES THIS
AFTERNOON AND ACCUMULATE ON SURFACES QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY ON
SECONDARY ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR
DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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73,
Glenn