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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 19, 2011Baxter County, Fulton County, Marion County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this winter storm warning at Jan 19, 2011, 4:50 PM CST for Baxter County, Fulton County, Marion County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2011, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2011, 4:50 PM CST (22:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2011, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 20, 2011, 2:51 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Marion County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 20, 8:30 AM CSTSNOW 11 Se Mountain Home, AR
Jan 20, 9:25 AM CSTSNOW 21 Nnw Mountain Home, AR
Jan 20, 10:20 AM CSTSNOW 31 Se Mountain Home, AR
Jan 20, 10:30 AM CSTSNOW 2Yellville, AR
Jan 20, 10:56 AM CSTSNOW 2Yellville, AR
Jan 20, 11:12 AM CSTSNOW 2Oakland, AR
Jan 20, 11:33 AM CSTSNOW 4Viola, AR
Jan 20, 12:03 PM CSTSNOW 4Mountain Home, AR

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

454 
WWUS44 KLZK 192250
WSWLZK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
450 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS
ON THURSDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL TRACK TOWARD THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD
MOISTURE INTO ARKANSAS. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE...WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP.

PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF THE STATE. PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW...AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE COMMON NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE AND
SEARCY...WITH MORE THAN FOUR INCHES OF SNOW TOWARD THE MISSOURI
BORDER. ONE TO TWO INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE...INCLUDING MENA...LITTLE ROCK AND
BRINKLEY.

ARZ003>006-012-013-201030-
/O.UPG.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.110120T0900Z-110121T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLZK.WS.W.0002.110120T0900Z-110121T0000Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-MARION-NEWTON-SEARCY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULL SHOALS...FLIPPIN...HARRISON...
JASPER...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MOUNTAIN HOME...
SUMMIT...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE
450 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MAINLY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6
PM CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING
  HOURS THURSDAY OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
  NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
  SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OF FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
  AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ARZ014-015-021>023-030-038-201030-
/O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.110120T0900Z-110121T0000Z/
IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-POPE-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...CALICO ROCK...
CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FAIRFIELD BAY...
HORSESHOE BEND...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...OLA...OXFORD...
PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE
450 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING
  HOURS THURSDAY OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
  NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY
  AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OF FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

ARZ007-016-024-025-031>034-037-039>047-201030-
/O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.110120T1500Z-110121T0300Z/
CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-GARLAND-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-LONOKE-
MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-POLK-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SHARP-
WHITE-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...
BEEBE...BENTON...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAVE CITY...
CLARENDON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...
HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MCCRORY...MENA...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...NEWPORT...
NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...PERRYVILLE...SEARCY...WALDRON
450 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM
CST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY
  MORNING HOURS THURSDAY OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THEN SPREAD
  ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE MORNING AND
  EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW.
  EXPECT SNOW TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

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3 follow-up statements
029 
WWUS44 KLZK 200914
WSWLZK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
314 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...

ARZ003>006-012-013-202230-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-MARION-NEWTON-SEARCY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULL SHOALS...FLIPPIN...HARRISON...
JASPER...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MOUNTAIN HOME...
SUMMIT...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE
314 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: SNOW IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING OVER
  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHICH WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST
  ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
  SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
  AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 4
  INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND
  TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ARZ014-015-021>023-030-038-202230-
/O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-POPE-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...CALICO ROCK...
CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FAIRFIELD BAY...
HORSESHOE BEND...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...OLA...OXFORD...
PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE
314 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: SNOW IS ALREADY DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER
  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST
  ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
  SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OF FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
  AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 4
  INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

ARZ007-016-024-025-031>034-037-039>047-202230-
/O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.110120T1500Z-110121T0300Z/
CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-GARLAND-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-LONOKE-
MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-POLK-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SHARP-
WHITE-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...
BEEBE...BENTON...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAVE CITY...
CLARENDON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...
HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MCCRORY...MENA...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...NEWPORT...
NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...PERRYVILLE...SEARCY...WALDRON
314 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING
  OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST
  ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THE
  MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS
  A MIX OF RAIN...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...THEN QUICKLY
  TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO TAPER OFF
  FROM THE WEST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

62
917 
WWUS44 KLZK 201259 AAA
WSWLZK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
659 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...

ARZ003>006-012-013-202230-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-MARION-NEWTON-SEARCY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULL SHOALS...FLIPPIN...HARRISON...
JASPER...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MOUNTAIN HOME...
SUMMIT...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE
659 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: SNOW IS ALREADY OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER NORTHWEST
  SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND
  EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED 
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 4 
  INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED 
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND 
  TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ARZ007-016-024-025-202230-
/O.EXT.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.110120T1259Z-110121T0000Z/
CLEBURNE-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-SHARP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...CAVE CITY...
HARDY...HEBER SPRINGS...NEWPORT
659 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW
  IS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING.
  EXPECT THIS LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT
  COUPLE HOURS BEFORE PRECIPITATION INCREASES IN INTENSITY...AND
  CHANGES TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. EXPECT SNOW TO TAPER OFF
  FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES
  THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
  ADVISORY AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND
  TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

ARZ014-015-021>023-030-038-202230-
/O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-POPE-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...CALICO ROCK...
CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FAIRFIELD BAY...
HORSESHOE BEND...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...OLA...OXFORD...
PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE
659 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: SNOW IS ALREADY OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER NORTHWEST
  SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST
  ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
  SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OF FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
  AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED 
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 
  4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY 
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND 
  TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

ARZ031>034-037-039>047-202230-
/O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.110120T1500Z-110121T0300Z/
CONWAY-FAULKNER-GARLAND-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-POLK-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BEEBE...BENTON...BRINKLEY...
BRYANT...CABOT...CLARENDON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...
DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...HAZEN...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MCCRORY...MENA...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK...PERRYVILLE...SEARCY...WALDRON
659 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER
  NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND
  EAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THE
  MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS
  A MIX OF RAIN...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...THEN QUICKLY
  TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO TAPER OFF
  FROM THE WEST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 
  EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 
  INCHES POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY 
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND 
  TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

62
266 
WWUS44 KLZK 202051
WSWLZK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
251 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...SNOWFALL BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN OVER THE NATURAL STATE...

ARZ003>006-012-013-202200-
/O.CAN.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-MARION-NEWTON-SEARCY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULL SHOALS...FLIPPIN...HARRISON...
JASPER...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MOUNTAIN HOME...
SUMMIT...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE
251 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS
MAY BLOW SOME OF THE SNOW AROUND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN CONTINUED SNOWPACKED AND ICY ROADWAYS.

$$

ARZ031-037-039>043-202200-
/O.CAN.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110121T0300Z/
CONWAY-GARLAND-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-POLK-SALINE-SCOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTON...BRYANT...HOT SPRINGS...MENA...
MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...PERRYVILLE...WALDRON
251 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

ARZ014-015-021>023-030-038-202200-
/O.CAN.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-POPE-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...CALICO ROCK...
CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FAIRFIELD BAY...
HORSESHOE BEND...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...OLA...OXFORD...
PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE
251 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS
MAY BLOW SOME OF THE SNOW AROUND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN CONTINUED SNOWPACKED AND ICY ROADWAYS.

$$

ARZ032>034-044>047-210000-
/O.EXT.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
FAULKNER-LONOKE-MONROE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BEEBE...BRINKLEY...CABOT...
CLARENDON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...
HAZEN...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MCCRORY...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
SEARCY
251 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THOUGH
  THE BACK EDGE IS QUICKLY MOVING EAST. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL EXIT
  THE AREA BY 6 PM CST.

* ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
  BE IN ADDITION TO SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. TOTAL SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

ARZ007-016-024-025-210000-
/O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110121T0000Z/
CLEBURNE-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-SHARP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...CAVE CITY...
HARDY...HEBER SPRINGS...NEWPORT
251 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THOUGH
  THE BACK EDGE IS QUICKLY MOVING EAST. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL EXIT
  THE AREA BY 6 PM CST.

* ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
  BE IN ADDITION TO SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. TOTAL SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

63

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 Jan 19, 2:37 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 2:37 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
237 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NOT A LOT OF APPRECIABLE CHANGES WILL BE MADE IN THE SHORT TERM AS
MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS UPCOMING EVENT. GFS HAS
REMAINED CONSISTENT WITH ITS THINKING AND HAS GOOD SUPPORT FROM THE
ECMWF AND THE SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLES AND IS THE PREFERRED SOLUTION
THIS AFTERNOON.

LATEST MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE STARTING TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER OVER THE
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO/TEXAS PANHANDLE AREA. SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO LIFT
OUT AND TAP INTO AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO BRING ANOTHER DOSE OF WINTERY
WEATHER TO THE FORECAST AREA. SURFACE SYSTEM WILL BE AIDED BY AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPPING OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND AN ARCTIC
BOUNDARY BUT ON THE POSITIVE...ALL INDICATIONS ARE IT WILL BE A
QUICK MOVING SYSTEM.

MODELS ALL AGREE THAT SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MAJORITY IF NOT
ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BIGGEST FORECAST
CONCERNS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION THAT WILL BE
SEEN BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER AND THE FINAL AMOUNT OF THE WHITE STUFF
EXPECTED. THIS SCENARIO OF A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IS SUPPORTED BY
ALL THERMAL PROFILES AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS/BUFKIT DATA.

OVERALL...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXTREME AS NORTHEAST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THE EVENT WILL KEEP DEEP MOISTURE AT BAY
WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION CONFINED TO THE ADVANCING BAROCLINIC
ZONE. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INITIATE OVER THE NORTHWEST PART
OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED
HERE ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND EVEN PLAIN OLD RAIN CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE MINIMAL.

ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...STILL LOOKING AT
PRECIPITATION TO START OUT BY MID MORNING AS A COLD RAIN MIXED WITH
A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION
WILL THEN TRANSFORM THE MIXED BAG OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. AGAIN...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE MINIMAL.

AS FAR AS THE SOUTH IS CONCERNED...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN NO
LATER THAN NOON WITH JUST A COLD RAIN THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION
TYPE. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN BEFORE ENDING AS JUST SNOW BEFORE ALL
PRECIPITATION ENDS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY EVENING.

AS FAR AS ACCUMULATIONS ARE CONCERNED...STILL EXPECTING THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4
INCHES EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE TO
CLINTON TO NEWPORT LINE. RIGHT ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER...SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE CLOSER TO THE FOUR INCH MARK. A GENERAL ONE TO TWO
INCH SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS...ROUGHLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF A MENA TO LITTLE ROCK TO BRINKLEY LINE WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS SWATH. ACROSS THE
SOUTH...ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...FROM A
DUSTING TO MAYBE A HALF INCH.

WILL CONTINUE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE CURRENT HEADLINES WITH
PRECIPITATION ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
WITH ALL PRECIPITATION OUT OF HERE BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP INTO TEENS TO MID 20S FOR THURSDAY NIGHT ENSURING ANY
THING LEFT BEHIND WILL FREEZE.

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY WITH WELL
BELOW NORMAL TEMPS EXPECTED. SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES IN
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY BUT WILL TRIM BACK HIGHS ACROSS THE NORTH WITH
LINGERING SNOW PACK. A WEAK SYSTEM WILL PASS TO THE NORTH FRIDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY BUT ONLY AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS IS EXPECTED.
&&

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST BY MONDAY
MORNING AS A TROUGH APPROACHES ARKANSAS. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER
MIDWEST WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS IT MOVES INTO THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY. NORTHWEST FLOW RETURNS TO ARKANSAS TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT
WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF TEXAS SUNDAY
AS MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS ARKANSAS. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE
HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH...CHANGING TO ALL RAIN IN ALL AREAS BY
LATE SUNDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES SOUTH AND EAST OF ARKANSAS COLDER AIR
WILL FILTER INTO THE STATE AND PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW.
SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE CENTRAL SECTIONS COULD
WARM UP TO CHANGE THE PRECIP TO RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW
MOVES THROUGH THE GULF. PRECIP CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY
EVENING. GFS AND ECMWF ARE DIFFERENT FOR TUESDAY WITH MORE MOISTURE
ON THE ECMWF THAN THE GFS. WILL SIDE WITH THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
AND DRY WEATHER OVER ARKANSAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT THIS TIME.
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     29  30  14  30 /  20  80  30  10
CAMDEN AR         36  44  21  44 /  10  70  30  10
HARRISON AR       25  29   9  30 /  60  90  10  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    33  36  19  40 /  10  80  30  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  31  35  18  38 /  10  80  30  10
MONTICELLO AR     35  46  21  41 /  10  70  30  10
MOUNT IDA AR      32  34  18  41 /  20  80  20  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  27  30   9  30 /  50  90  10  10
NEWPORT AR        28  30  15  29 /  10  80  40  10
PINE BLUFF AR     33  40  20  39 /  10  70  30  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   31  32  15  37 /  30  80  20  10
SEARCY AR         29  32  17  32 /  10  80  40  10
STUTTGART AR      31  37  19  36 /  10  80  40  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-GARLAND-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-LONOKE-
MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-POLK-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SHARP-
WHITE-WOODRUFF.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-NEWTON-POPE-
SEARCY-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL.

&&

SHORT TERM...56 / LONG TERM...51
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
130 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201045-
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-
130 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST DURING THE PERIOD. THE
SYSTEM WILL BE AIDED BY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTING OUT OF
THE ROCKIES WITH A RETURN OF WINTERY WEATHER FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE AREA
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BE MIXED BRIEFLY WITH
SLEET BUT THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR FAIRLY QUICKLY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS MAY TOTAL A HALF AN INCH ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA STARTING AT 3
AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY.

A LIGHT MIX OF SNOW...RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE VERY LATE IN
THE PERIOD ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE BUT THE MAJORITY OF
THE PRECIPITATION HERE AND POINTS SOUTH WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS AND
ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY...WINTRY WEATHER WILL EXPAND TO THE SOUTH. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
ARKANSAS FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM THURSDAY.

THE SNOW THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...WILL SPREAD SOUTH ON THURSDAY...AS COLDER AIR
FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH.

ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY
START AS A MIX OF RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING
THE LATE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TURNING TO SNOW LATER IN
THE DAY. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN IN LIQUID
FORM OVER THE SOUTH ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON
THE TAIL END OF THE STORM.

THE STORM IS A VERY QUICK MOVER AND ALL PRECIPITATION WILL BE OUT OF
THE STATE BY MID THURSDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BORDER. POSSIBLY AN INCH OR TWO
COULD FALL ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS WITH A DUSTING TO LESS THAN AN
INCH OVER THE SOUTH.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER ARKANSAS AND BRING DRY AND COOL
WEATHER FRIDAY THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. THEN THE NEXT WEATHER
SYSTEM WILL SPREAD AGAIN RAIN...WITH SOME WINTRY WEATHER FOR THE
STATE LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

56

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 3:21 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLZKBaxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland and 14 more38 hr

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Sources

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