HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 512 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 715 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
40 AND ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WITH LESS THAN ONE
INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE
ISSUED LATER TODAY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE UPCOMING EVENT...BUT
CONFIDENCE STILL REMAINS LOW WITH RESPECT TO EVENTUAL ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR
WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 40 NORTHWARD
ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE WINTER
PRECIPITATION SHOULD SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BUT
REMAIN PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR OF
EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.
ANY WINTER PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR
MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE
NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.
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