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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
807 AM CST WED DEC 11 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121100-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
807 AM CST WED DEC 11 2013

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

POOR VISIBILITY.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
        ONSET...ONGOING THROUGH LATE MORNING.

WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING THROUGH LATE MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
PATCHY FREEZING FOG HAS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ACROSS A PORTION OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY REGION OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA. MOST VISIBILITIES ARE A HALF MILE OR
GREATER...BUT A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS WILL HAVE VISIBILITIES OF A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW
FREEZING...SLICK SPOTS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH LOWER VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE DENSE LOW CLOUD AND FOG IS
CONTRIBUTING TO SOME ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS PRIMARILY ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. IMPACTS FROM SNOW
SHOULD BE MINIMAL. THE FOG SHOULD LIFT AND THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD
END BY MID TO LATE MORNING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. MOST WILL
FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN...BUT A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT
SLEET OR SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS.
LITTLE OR NO ADVERSE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED FROM ANY WINTRY
PRECIPITATION THAT MAY OCCUR.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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