HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1142 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 1145 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION TODAY...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST
THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN
INCH ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF A FLORIEN...TO COLFAX...TO
JENA LOUISIANA LINE. GIVEN THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS MAY OCCUR SHOULD STEADY RAINFALL MOVE REPEATEDLY
OVER THE SAME AREAS TODAY. ONCE THE RAINS END...AREAS OF FOG WILL
DEVELOP...AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING THURSDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL BRING FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ON THURSDAY. MID AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING MAY BE SUFFICIENT
ENOUGH TO GENERATE SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH SLEET DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH
OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. A BRIEF MIXTURE OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING....AS THE PRECIPITATION SPREADS
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA.
THE WINTRY MIX WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE
FRONT. NO SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...AS SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING HOURS AS THE PRECIPITATION FALLS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND HAM
RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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