HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 359 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A PERIOD OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST
TENNESSEE AND ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN MINOR AND BRIEF IN DURATION.
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ICY SPOTS ON ELEVATED ROAD
SURFACES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM
SUFFICIENTLY TO CHANGE ALL PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. IF TRAVELING
TOMORROW...PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING AREAS OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGE TO REPORT ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 349 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A PERIOD OF WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE MID SOUTH ON SATURDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE MID SOUTH FROM THE WEST
ON SATURDAY WILL SPREAD MOISTURE ABOVE A RETREATING MODIFIED
ARCTIC AIRMASS. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A PERIOD OF WINTER
WEATHER AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
WEST TENNESSEE. LIGHT RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE WARMER TEMPERATURES CHANGE ALL
THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN.
FURTHER NORTH ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY NOT
BEGIN UNTIL LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE LOCATIONS MAY
ALSO EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF A COUPLE OF HOURS OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION THAT WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY LATE
AFTERNOON.
LITTLE IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH
AT THIS TIME. DUE TO THE EXPECTED SHORT DURATION AND LIGHT
INTENSITY OF ANY WINTER WEATHER...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS
ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
A FEW ICY SPOTS ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS
BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM SUFFICIENTLY TO CHANGE ALL PRECIPITATION
TO RAIN. IF TRAVELING TOMORROW...PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN
ENCOUNTERING AREAS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION.
PLEASE STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST FORECAST CONCERNING THE
POTENTIAL FOR WINTER WEATHER ON SATURDAY.
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