HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 PM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE UPCOMING
WEEK. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES TUESDAY AND WORK EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY INTO
EARLY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL
START AS SHOWERS ON TUESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT WEDNESDAY...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 75.
THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
AS THE SURFACE LOW BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHEAST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
COME TO AN END LATER CHRISTMAS EVE AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TO THE
EAST...WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE
KANSAS BORDER.
UNCERTAINTIES ON THE EXACT TRACK...AND THEREFORE...THE SPECIFIC
IMPACTS TO THE AREA CONTINUE TO EXIST. THESE UNCERTAINTIES SHOULD BE
MORE RESOLVED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE URGED TO MONITOR FUTURE
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THE MID WEEK SYSTEM...AS THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BOTH SEVERE AND WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS TO
PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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