HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 715 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARKANSAS THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF MISSOURI BY CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER NORTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AS THE STORM ROTATES OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
THIS EVENING. WHILE MOST OF THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED
OR WILL END SHORTLY...WIDESPREAD RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL
HOURS THIS EVENING...WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR A
GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL
USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE NATURAL STATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. AS SUCH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR SWEEPS
IN. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER
OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A MENA
TO ASH FLAT LINE WITH UPWARDS ON AN INCH FROM GLENWOOD TO PERRYVILLE
TO BATESVILLE WITH A DUSTING FURTHER SOUTH. NUMEROUS WINTER WEATHER
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
IT WILL REMAIN WINDY ON CHRISTMAS DAY...AND IT WILL BE MUCH COLDER.
CLEARING WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WHILE THERE MAY BE SUNSHINE
IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM
TO THE NORTH.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATE
THIS WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE. OTHER THAN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH SATURDAY...DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
EARLY NEXT WEEK...DATA SHOWS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL HEAD TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...AND WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO ARKANSAS BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORECAST...IT IS
MUCH TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE WHAT TYPES OF PRECIPITATION WILL
OCCUR...OR HOW MUCH. DETAILS WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR IN THE COMING
DAYS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...REPORTS OF FLOODING...TIMING WHEN RAIN CHANGES TO SLEET OR
SNOW...AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
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