HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 619 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009 Expiration: 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD INTO MUCH OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM
THE WEST. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER AND
MIDDLE 40S TODAY...THUS ANY SLEET THAT DOES FALL WILL MELT UPON
IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET MIX WILL SPREAD
INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS
EVENING...WITH A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH
OF A CLARKSVILLE TEXAS...TO IDABEL OKLAHOMA...TO NASHVILLE
ARKANSAS LINE. THE LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET MIX IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT RAIN LATE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE
WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
OVERNIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY IN
THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...THUS NO ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE NEAR FREEZING LATE TONIGHT NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 30
CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...WITH ANY
LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET MIX POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY
SURFACES...AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. HOWEVER...LITTLE
SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...BUT RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO
USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND
STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...FOR ANY LIGHT SNOW OR
SLEET ACCUMULATION THAT MAY FALL NORTHWEST OF A CLARKSVILLE
TEXAS...TO IDABEL OKLAHOMA...TO NASHVILLE ARKANSAS LINE.
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