Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA... ARKANSAS CITY...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE... BAUXITE...BEARDEN...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK... BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS... CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE... CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY... COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT... DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND... FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION... GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY... GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HARDY... HARRISON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON... HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE... KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEAD HILL...LEOLA...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK... LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MAUMELLE... MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO... MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE... MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT... NORFORK...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA... OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN... PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD... RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY... STEPHENS...STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN... VILONIA...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES... WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY...YELLVILLE 250 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS... SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT ARKANSAS IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. WITH THIS COLD AIR IN PLACE...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. IN THE NORTH...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING. IN THE CENTRAL PORTION...PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN DURING THE MORNING...AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER THE FAR SOUTH. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS THAT ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...AND LARGELY LOCALIZED IN NATURE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY IN AREAS NORTH OF MENA TO BRINKLEY...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HARRISON TO NEWPORT. IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS...AMOUNTS GREATER THAN THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE CENTRAL PORTION...AND MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN IN THE NORTH. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING. WHILE TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THERE COULD BE A PERIOD EARLY ON TUESDAY WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY OCCUR...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...AND ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. OVER THE SOUTH... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS RAIN. WITH THIS SYSTEM...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF ON TUESDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING TO A SLEET AND SNOW MIX ACROSS THE NORTH BEFORE COMING TO AN END. LATE IN THE WEEK...ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION...WITH PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AROUND THURSDAY. THIS TIME... THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE DEEP ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO MOSTLY FALL AS SNOW. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THINGS COULD CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. THE LOCATION AND AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIP WILL LIKELY BE ADJUSTED IN THE COMING DAYS AS UNCERTAINTIES CONTINUE. IT MAY BE WISE TO CONSIDER BEGINNING WINTER STORM PREPARATIONS. PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS IN THE COMING DAYS...AS DETAILS SHOULD BECOME MORE CLEAR OVER TIME.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:56:30 +0000
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