HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 412 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MID SOUTH THROUGH NOON TODAY.
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS. THROUGH NOON. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE ADVISORY AREA WITH ICY SPOTS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AS
TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 310 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 900 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THIS CHRISTMAS
DAY...
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY FALL ACROSS THE MID SOUTH
EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER LIKELY FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BEFORE SUNRISE.
FURTHER EAST...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 30S BY MID MORNING.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN REMAIN STEADY IN THE 30S WITH STRONG WIND
GUSTS RESULTING IN WIND CHILLS IN THE UPPER TEENS THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS SHOULD CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES
BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS TO THE NORTH OF A WALNUT RIDGE TO PIGGOTT LINE
WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. ELSEWHERE
WEST OF A LINE FROM BATESVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO BROWNSVILLE
TENNESSEE TO UNION CITY TENNESSEE...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD
PRODUCE A LIGHT DUSTING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
THE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COMBINED WITH CONTINUED WET ROADWAYS AND
TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING COULD RESULT IN
ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED ROAD
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS
TO EXPERIENCE ICY SPOTS THIS MORNING WILL INCLUDE EAST AND
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...FAR WEST
TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THIS DOES INCLUDE THE
JONESBORO ARKANSAS AND MEMPHIS TENNESSEE METROPOLITAN AREAS.
PLEASE EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING EARLY THIS MORNING.
REDUCE HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND MAINTAIN EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN YOUR
VEHICLE AND VEHICLES AHEAD OF YOU. ROAD HAZARDS SHOULD DIMINISH
LATER THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING.
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