WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1222 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* RAIN WILL MIX WITH THEN CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS CHRISTMAS DAY.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY DAWN.
* TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
NEWTON COUNTY COULD RECEIVE HALF A FOOT OF SNOW.
* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES AS TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW FREEZING.
* WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH
WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION LATER THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS. SLOW DOWN IN AREAS
THAT HAVE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE
RESTRICTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
$$
LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 309 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL SHIFT TO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT...AND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH.
GUSTS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH IN SOME AREAS. WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25
MPH WILL CONTINUE ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
* WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON AREA BODIES
OF WATER. SMALL CRAFT WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IF
WIND GUSTS BECOME STRONG ENOUGH...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE
DOWNED IN SOME AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THEY DECIDE TO
GO OUT ON THE WATER. REMEMBER...DUE TO REDUCED FRICTION...WINDS
OVER OPEN WATER ARE STRONGER THAN THOSE REPORTED AT STATIONS ON
LAND.
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