HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 505 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES...WITH SHOWERS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA BY
LATE TUESDAY. SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
IMPROVES.
MUCH COLDER LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...AND A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW POSSIBLE BY THIS TIME. SOME
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ANY SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF
THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA.
UNSEASONABLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM
SYSTEM FROM CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE URGED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THE MID WEEK SYSTEM...AS THE TRACK OF THIS
STORM SYSTEM REMAINS UNCERTAIN.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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