HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 115 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS ARKANSAS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN
PART OF MISSOURI BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AS
THE STORM APPROACHES WITH THE PRECIPITATION MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE
ELSEWHERE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH 4 PM WHILE NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS
CONTINUE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS.
THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THIS
EVENING WITH CONSIDERABLY COLDER AIR SWEEPING IN BEHIND IT. WINDS
WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL BLOW BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH. AS SUCH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER SWEEPS IN.
THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF
THE FORECAST AREA WHERE AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A MENA
TO ASH FLAT LINE WITH UPWARDS ON AN INCH FROM GLENWOOD TO
PERRYVILLE TO BATESVILLE WITH A DUSTING FURTHER SOUTH. NUMEROUS
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
IT WILL REMAIN WINDY ON CHRISTMAS DAY...AND IT WILL BE MUCH COLDER.
CLEARING WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WHILE THERE MAY BE SUNSHINE
IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM
TO THE NORTH.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATE
THIS WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE. OTHER THAN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH SATURDAY...DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
EARLY NEXT WEEK...DATA SHOWS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL HEAD TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...AND WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO ARKANSAS BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORECAST...IT IS
MUCH TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE WHAT TYPES OF PRECIPITATION WILL
OCCUR...OR HOW MUCH. DETAILS WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR IN THE COMING
DAYS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
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