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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS
THIS MORNING. AS FOG DISSIPATES...THERE WILL BE A BREEZY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WIND. THIS WILL BE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING...AND WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE
FRONT...ALONG WITH A BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING IN NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE
STATE ON THURSDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME 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 IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES THROUGH MUCH OF
THE DAY. IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS...ICE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...WITH
FLAKES FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

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...ACCRUALS
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 THREE INCHES OF SNOW COULD PILE UP...MAINLY
IN AREAS FROM SALEM TO JASPER NORTHWARD.

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR LOCATIONS IN THE OZARK
MOUNTAINS FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. OUTSIDE OF THE
OZARKS...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT AS FAR SOUTH AS
MURFREESBORO...SHERIDAN AND DEWITT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

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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