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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1015 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...IN COLDER AIR BEHIND A COLD
FRONT...WILL OCCUR IN ARKANSAS EARLY THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING IN NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE
STATE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

SUBFREEZING AIR WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY DAWN FRIDAY. BY
THAT TIME...IT WILL BE ICY IN MANY AREAS FROM LITTLE ROCK NORTHWARD.
ICE IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED.

ACROSS THE SOUTH...THIS WILL BE MAINLY A RAIN EVENT. THERE COULD BE
A BRIEF SWITCH TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF IN MOST AREAS BY EVENING.

AS FAR AS ACCUMULATIONS...THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT ICE IN THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. A WIDESPREAD TENTH TO HALF INCH OF GLAZE
IS EXPECTED. IN A SWATH FROM MENA TO CONWAY AND AUGUSTA...AMOUNTS
COULD EXCEED A HALF INCH.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ICE...AND MAY MAKE MATTERS
WORSE. IF THE EXPECTED ACCRUALS VERIFY...WITH A BUILDUP OF ICE ON
POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES COULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED.

IN THE OZARKS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW COULD PILE UP...MAINLY
IN AREAS FROM SALEM TO JASPER NORTHWARD.

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF
ARKANSAS...VALID FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY FROM MURFREESBORO TO
DEWITT.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS WEEKEND. A
STORM SYSTEM ALOFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL INTERACT WITH THE
FRONT...WITH MOISTURE PULLED NORTHWARD INTO COLD AIR OVER ARKANSAS.
MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AT
THIS TIME...IT APPEARS PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT...AND NOT AS
SUBSTANTIAL AS THE EVENT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

WELL BELOW TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND. READINGS IN MUCH
OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS MAY VERY WELL STAY BELOW FREEZING.

THERE IS STILL SOME FORECAST UNCERTAINTY. THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE AS
ADDITIONAL DATA IS RECEIVED. GIVEN THIS...PLEASE STAY INFORMED OF
EXPECTED CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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