HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 553 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 30 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...TODAY 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 IS 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...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 SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
THIS DISTURBANCE WILL HELP FORCE A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST THROUGH
THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING TEMPERATURES FALLING
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...MID AND
UPPER LEVEL FORCING AND MOISTURE 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. SHOULD THE AIR COLUMN COOL QUICKLY ENOUGH
BEFORE THE BEST FORCING AND MOISTURE DEPARTS THE AREA...A BRIEF
MIXTURE OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
EVENING....AS IT SPREADS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST
TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT...AS DRIER AIR FILTERS
SOUTHEAST 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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