HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1104 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 1115 AM 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 AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD INTO MUCH OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 40S TODAY...THUS ANY SLEET THAT DOES
FALL WILL MELT UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE LIGHT RAIN AND
SLEET MIX WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...WITH A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW
POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TEXAS...TO IDABEL
OKLAHOMA...TO NASHVILLE ARKANSAS LINE. THE LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET
MIX IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT RAIN LATE
TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN STEADY IN THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...THUS NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING LATE
TONIGHT NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...WITH ANY LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET MIX POSSIBLY
ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY SURFACES...AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. HOWEVER...LITTLE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...BUT RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKY WARN NETWORKS...AND
STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...FOR ANY LIGHT SNOW OR
SLEET ACCUMULATION THAT MAY FALL NORTHWEST OF A CLARKSVILLE
TEXAS...TO IDABEL OKLAHOMA...TO NASHVILLE ARKANSAS LINE.
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