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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 20, 20086 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2008, 2:55 PM CST for 6 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 21, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2008, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 21, 2008, 3:06 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Izard County, AR, Marion County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 11:51 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 11:51 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 2:55 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
255 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211100-
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-
255 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVED INTO ARKANSAS TODAY...BRINGING COLDER AIR TO
NORTHERN AREAS OF THE STATE. GULF MOISTURE IS MOVING INTO THE
STATE...AND AS THIS MOISTURE MOVES OVER THE COLD AIR...PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL. IN AREAS NORTH OF FALLSVILLE...TO MOUNTAIN VIEW...TO CAVE
CITY LINE...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL BEGIN TO FALL
AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THE
POTENTIAL OF UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM.

JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND CLINTON...
HEBER SPRINGS...BATESVILLE AND NEWPORT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY ON THURSDAY.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT AS FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE
ROADWAYS SLICK. THIS IS STILL A DEVELOPING SITUATION...AND MANY
VARIABLES MAY CHANGE DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS. STAY TUNED TO LATER
FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE...TO GREENBRIER...TO SEARCY...
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...WITH ONLY RAINFALL
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...FREEZING RAIN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE BREAKS IN THE
PRECIPITATION...BUT TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE UP TO 1/4 OF AN
INCH BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AS
WELL...UNTIL THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY.
DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...
BEFORE THE NEXT FRONT ARRIVES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

58/44

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 4:13 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Sharp, Stone11 hr
Feb 20, 2:55 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, White and 1 more21 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.