HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 119 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND MAINLY EAST OF OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY 75
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION...
A RELATIVELY WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL NEVERTHELESS BRING
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW TO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH FROM ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE
HALF INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND BY DAYLIGHT SUNDAY.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SNOW WILL CARRY OVER INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE
FROM A DUSTING TO THREE INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS...ONE TO THREE
INCHES...WILL GENERALLY BE CONFINED TO NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND THE
AREA EAST OF OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY 75 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 IN
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY...ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. THIS AIRMASS PROMISES TO BE COLDER THAN THOSE OF THE
LAST SEVERAL WINTERS.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
PLANS NEED TO BE MADE TO DEAL WITH UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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