SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 544 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
...LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MID
SOUTH...
LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...AND FAR WEST TENNESSEE...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40. THIS SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF WEST TENNESSEE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 40 MAY EXPERIENCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED
SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
MINOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WITH UP TO ONE INCH ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE
THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BECOME
NECESSARY LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IF CONFIDENCE
INCREASES WITH RESPECT TO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS
CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
MINOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WHICH MAY RESULT IN A PERIOD OF
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 512 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 715 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
40 AND ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WITH LESS THAN ONE
INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE
ISSUED LATER TODAY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE UPCOMING EVENT...BUT
CONFIDENCE STILL REMAINS LOW WITH RESPECT TO EVENTUAL ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR
WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 40 NORTHWARD
ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE WINTER
PRECIPITATION SHOULD SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BUT
REMAIN PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR OF
EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.
ANY WINTER PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR
MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE
NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.
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