HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1222 PM CST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 1230 PM CST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... FOR NORTHEAST
AND DEEP EAST TEXAS AND FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
MOVE OVER SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING OVER
THE FOUR STATE AREA. SOME OF THE LIGHT RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH
SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF THE I-30 CORRIDOR...BUT NO ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE
FREEZING. EXPECT AREAS OF RAINFALL TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE AREA...BUT ESPECIALLY OVER
THE SOUTH AND EAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BEGINS TO MOVE
OVER THE AREA. THE RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW LATE
THIS EVENING AND JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS FAR SOUTH AS THE
INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTH EAST TEXAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA...BUT ANY WINTRY MIX WILL BE DIFFICULT TO INITIALLY
ACCUMULATE AS GROUND TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE WARM...CURRENTLY IN THE
FORTIES. HOWEVER...AIR AND GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING
TONIGHT BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT AND WITH TIME...THE COLD AIR WILL
DEEPEN OVER THE AREA. THE I-30 CORRIDOR COULD SEE SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATION ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES LATE THIS EVENING...BUT
PRECIPITATION WILL BE COMING TO AN END HERE AROUND MIDNIGHT.
ELSEWHERE....LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AS EVEN
AIR TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND HAM RADIO
OPERATORS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD NOT BE
NEEDED OVERNIGHT.
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