SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 527 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 300 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE
THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT...
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS
LOW PRESSURE PUSHES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...BUT
MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE RAIN FALLS INTO COOLING AIR AT THE
SURFACE. THE EARLIEST SURFACE TEMPERATURES WOULD APPROACH
FREEZING WOULD BE AROUND 9 PM.
LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 STAND THE BEST CHANCE
OF SEEING THIS CHANGE OVER OCCUR...BUT IT MAY OCCUR AS FAR SOUTH
AS THE TENNESSEE/MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE IF THE EVAPORATIVE COOLING
IS STRONG ENOUGH. ANY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO
RAIN BY THE MONDAY MORNING RUSH.
IF THE CHANGE OVER DOES OCCUR TONIGHT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
BE LESS THAN A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...THIS MAY STILL PRODUCE
SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY LATER TODAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 507 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 715 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS
LOW PRESSURE PUSHES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...BUT
MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT GENERALLY NORTH OF I-40. IF THIS CHANGE OVER
DOES OCCUR...ANY ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE MONDAY
NIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL. ANY ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE MINOR.
THEN THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM DUBLIN MISSISSIPPI TO OXFORD TO BOONEVILLE MISSISSIPPI
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS AS A WARM FRONT SURGES
NORTH INTO THE AREA.
A COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS
WILL INCREASE AND MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
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