HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...RAIN WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD
THROUGH TODAY...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON IN MUCH OF ARKANSAS...WITH LOCALLY
MORE. THIS MUCH RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF THE REGION.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN AREA...MAINLY
IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE
STATE. WINDY CONDITIONS AS THE LOW NEARS THE STATE AND A HIGH WIND
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...WITH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE
STATE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN ARKANSAS BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
IT WILL REMAIN WINDY ON CHRISTMAS DAY...AND IT WILL BE MUCH COLDER.
CLEARING WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WHILE THERE MAY BE SUNSHINE
IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM
TO THE NORTH.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATE
THIS WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE. OTHER THAN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH SATURDAY...DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
EARLY NEXT WEEK...DATA SHOWS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL HEAD TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...AND WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO ARKANSAS BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORECAST...IT IS
MUCH TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE WHAT TYPES OF PRECIPITATION WILL
OCCUR...OR HOW MUCH. DETAILS WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR IN THE COMING
DAYS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
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