Alert archive / Arkansas / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this blizzard warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:36 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr. 2 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:36 AM CST (10:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 10:36 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Searcy, AR | |
| Dec 25, 11:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 S Batesville, AR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2386 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WWUS44 KLZK 251036 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ARZ016-025-033-251845- /O.CAN.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATESVILLE...BEEBE...NEWPORT...SEARCY 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM GETS CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ARZ034-251845- /O.UPG.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...COTTON PLANT...MCCRORY 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM GETS CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ARZ042-052>054-251845- /O.UPG.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121225T2100Z-121226T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ CLARK-GARLAND-HOT SPRING-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...GLENWOOD...HOT SPRINGS... MALVERN...MURFREESBORO 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL START OUT AS RAIN...OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET. AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW WILL MIX IN...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW BY SUNSET. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ043>046-251845- /O.UPG.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ LONOKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTON...BRYANT...CABOT... DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...HAZEN...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE... NORTH LITTLE ROCK 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL START OUT AS RAIN...OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET. AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW WILL MIX IN...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ047-055>057-251845- /O.EXA.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ ARKANSAS-GRANT-JEFFERSON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRINKLEY...CLARENDON...DE WITT... PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STUTTGART 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL START OUT AS RAIN...OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET. AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW WILL MIX IN...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW BY SUNSET. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-251845- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/ BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT- SEARCY-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS... CLARKSVILLE...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FLIPPIN...HARRISON... JASPER...LESLIE...MARSHALL...MENA...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...OLA... PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE...SUMMIT...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE... YELLVILLE 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ005>007-014-015-023-024-031-032-039-251845- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ BAXTER-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-IZARD-PERRY-SHARP-STONE- VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY... CLINTON...CONWAY...FAIRFIELD BAY...HARDY...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...MAMMOTH SPRING...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON... MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...OXFORD...PERRYVILLE...VIOLA 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ062>069-251845- /O.NEW.KLZK.WW.Y.0002.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD... HAMPTON...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN 436 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL START OUT AS RAIN...OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET. AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AFTER SUNSET...SNOW WILL MIX IN...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 58
6 follow-up statements
460 WWUS44 KLZK 251137 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 537 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ARZ016-025-033-034-252200- /O.CON.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...BEEBE... COTTON PLANT...MCCRORY...NEWPORT...SEARCY 537 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM GETS CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-252200- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/ BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT- SEARCY-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS... CLARKSVILLE...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FLIPPIN...HARRISON... JASPER...LESLIE...MARSHALL...MENA...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...OLA... PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE...SUMMIT...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE... YELLVILLE 537 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ005>007-014-015-023-024-031-032-039-042>047-052>057-252200- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE- PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...BENTON... BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON... CLINTON...CONWAY...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... FAIRFIELD BAY...GLENWOOD...HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN... MAMMOTH SPRING...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OXFORD... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STUTTGART...VIOLA 537 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ062>069-252200- /O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0002.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD... HAMPTON...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN 537 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL START OUT AS RAIN...OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET. AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AFTER SUNSET...SNOW WILL MIX IN...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 58
239 WWUS44 KLZK 251638 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1038 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... ARZ016-025-033-034-260045- /O.CON.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...BEEBE... COTTON PLANT...MCCRORY...NEWPORT...SEARCY 1038 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS A STORM SYSTEM CENTERED ACROSS THE RED RIVER REGION APPROACHES. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM APPROACHES. * VISIBILITIES...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-260045- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/ BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT- SEARCY-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS... CLARKSVILLE...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FLIPPIN...HARRISON... JASPER...LESLIE...MARSHALL...MENA...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...OLA... PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE...SUMMIT...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE... YELLVILLE 1038 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EVENT...A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ005>007-014-015-023-024-031-032-039-042>047-052>057-260045- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE- PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...BENTON... BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON... CLINTON...CONWAY...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... FAIRFIELD BAY...GLENWOOD...HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN... MAMMOTH SPRING...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OXFORD... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STUTTGART...VIOLA 1038 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL INTENSIFY...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ062>069-260045- /O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0002.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD... HAMPTON...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN 1038 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT... RAINFALL WILL CHANGE TO WINTER PRECIPITATION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 55
465 WWUS44 KLZK 251721 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1121 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... ARZ005>007-014-015-023-024-031-032-039-042>047-052>057-260130- /O.EXT.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T1721Z-121226T1200Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE- PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...BENTON... BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON... CLINTON...CONWAY...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... FAIRFIELD BAY...GLENWOOD...HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN... MAMMOTH SPRING...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OXFORD... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STUTTGART...VIOLA 1121 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ016-025-033-034-260130- /O.CON.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/ INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...BEEBE... COTTON PLANT...MCCRORY...NEWPORT...SEARCY 1121 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM APPROACHES. * VISIBILITIES...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-260130- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/ BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT- SEARCY-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS... CLARKSVILLE...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FLIPPIN...HARRISON... JASPER...LESLIE...MARSHALL...MENA...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...OLA... PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE...SUMMIT...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE... YELLVILLE 1121 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ062>069-260130- /O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0002.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD... HAMPTON...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN 1121 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 55
740 WWUS44 KLZK 252357 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 557 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING... ARZ016-025-033-034-260700- /O.CON.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...BEEBE... COTTON PLANT...MCCRORY...NEWPORT...SEARCY 557 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES: STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY...TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. * IMPACT: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL OVERNIGHT IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-260600- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/ BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT- SEARCY-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS... CLARKSVILLE...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FLIPPIN...HARRISON... JASPER...LESLIE...MARSHALL...MENA...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...OLA... PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE...SUMMIT...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE... YELLVILLE 557 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EVENT: A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER. * IMPACT: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ005>007-014-015-023-024-031-032-039-042>047-052>057-260700- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE- PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...BENTON... BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON... CLINTON...CONWAY...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... FAIRFIELD BAY...GLENWOOD...HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN... MAMMOTH SPRING...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OXFORD... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STUTTGART...VIOLA 557 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE SEEN EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PAST HOUR. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BECOME ALL SNOW OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER EIGHT INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ062>069-260700- /O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0002.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD... HAMPTON...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN 557 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * EVENT: EXPECT RAIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WITH THEN TAPER OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACT: TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 62
470 WWUS44 KLZK 260613 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1213 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-260715- /O.CAN.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/ BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT- SEARCY-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS... CLARKSVILLE...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...FLIPPIN...HARRISON... JASPER...LESLIE...MARSHALL...MENA...MOUNT IDA...NORMAN...OLA... PARIS...RUSSELLVILLE...SUMMIT...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE... YELLVILLE 1213 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. MEASURABLE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$ ARZ016-025-033-034-261200- /O.CON.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...BEEBE... COTTON PLANT...MCCRORY...NEWPORT...SEARCY 1213 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER 4 AM. * VISIBILITIES: STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY...TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. * IMPACT: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL OVERNIGHT IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ARZ005>007-014-015-023-024-031-032-039-042>047-052>057-261200- /O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE- PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...BENTON... BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON... CLINTON...CONWAY...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... FAIRFIELD BAY...GLENWOOD...HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN... MAMMOTH SPRING...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OXFORD... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STUTTGART...VIOLA 1213 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER 3 AM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACT: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ARZ062>069-261200- /O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD... HAMPTON...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN 1213 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER 3 AM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACT: TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 44
321 WWUS44 KLZK 261015 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 415 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ARZ016-025-033-034-261115- /O.CAN.KLZK.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...BEEBE... COTTON PLANT...MCCRORY...NEWPORT...SEARCY 415 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. MEASURABLE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS MORNING. THUS...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER... HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. $$ ARZ005>007-014-015-023-024-031-032-039-042>047-052>057-261115- /O.CAN.KLZK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE- PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...BENTON... BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON... CLINTON...CONWAY...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... FAIRFIELD BAY...GLENWOOD...HARDY...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN... MAMMOTH SPRING...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OXFORD... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STUTTGART...VIOLA 415 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. MEASURABLE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS MORNING. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. $$ ARZ062>069-261115- /O.CAN.KLZK.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD... HAMPTON...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN 415 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. MEASURABLE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS MORNING. THUS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. $$ 44
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 25, 12:30 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 12:30 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1230 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 .AVIATION... LOWERING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN VFR...BUT PATCHY MVFR WILL OCCUR IN S AR. RAIN WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO SRN AR TUE MORNING...LOWERING CEILINGS TO MVFR WITH PATCHY IFR. EXECEPTION WILL BE KHRO AND KBPK WHERE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. DURING THE AFTERNOON ELSWHERE...MAINLY IFR DUE TO CEILINGS...RA...PL...AND SOME SN. AFTER DARK...MAINLY IFR CONTINUING WITH MOST PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO SN. VERY GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING ON TUE AND CONTINUING TUE NIGHT. && .UPDATE... UPCOMING WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BE THE FOCUS OF THE FORECAST. HOWEVER...UPDATES THIS EVENING WERE LIMITED TO WINDS AND GUSTS OVER NEXT 12-18 HRS...AS WELL AS ADJUSTMENTS TO NEAR TERM TRENDS. WILL NOT ATTEMPT ANY WHOLESALE CHANGES AT THIS TIME AS LATEST DATA IS JUST NOW BEGINNING FILTER IN. HOWEVER...IN ADDITION TO WSW PRODUCTS...MAY BE NEEDING LAKE WIND ADV FOR CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SFC LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS AS IS MOVES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF AR. THIS ITEM WILL LIKELY BE ADDRESSED WITH THE MORNING FORECAST PACKAGE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 251 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... FORECAST CHALLANGE REMAINS TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL FORECASTS OF HEAVIEST WINTER PRECIPITATION. LATEST DETERMINISTIC MODEL RUNS ARE CONTINUING TO SLOWLY CONVERGE ON A PREFERRED SOLUTION REGARDING WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS ACROSS THE CWA. FORECAST CONFIDENCE HAS ALSO BEEN AIDED BY RECENT ANALOG GUIDANCE FROM THE SLU-CIPS GROUP..THAT CONTINUES TO INDICATE A PREFERRED REGION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO TIMING AND LOCATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION. IT MUST BE NOTED THAT DUE THE EXPECTED FINE NATURE OF THE PATTERNS OF Q-G FORCING AND EXPECTED TEMPERATURE PROFILES...A SHARP SOUTHERN GRADIENT OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED. 55 LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE CHRISTMAS DAY STORM SYSTEM WILL BE PULLING AWAY TO THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY WITH ANY LINGERING SNOW ENDING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST. A COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRIEFLY RETURN THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE QUICKLY MOVING EAST. SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID LEVELS AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE BRINGS PRECIPITATION TO THE STATE. HOWEVER...SURFACE TEMPS WILL STILL BE NEAR/AT THE FREEZING MARK FRIDAY MORNING. AS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS...THERE COULD BE A LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/WINTRY MIX ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS IN THE MORNING HOURS. SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS THE NORTH. AS TEMPS WARM THROUGH THE DAY...RAIN SHOULD DOMINATE THE PRECIP TYPE. THAT BEING SAID...THIS SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AS THE NEWEST LONG TERM MODELS HAVE DIFFERED IN THE EXTENDED AND OVERALL CONFIDENCE AT THE MOMENT IS LOW. A BRIEF WINTRY MIX COULD FALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST BEFORE THE SYSTEM EXITS EARLY ON SATURDAY. AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SET UP AND ALLOW FOR COOLER TEMPS TO CONTINUE. EARLY NEXT WEEK THE UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN OUT AND TEMPS WILL WARM BACK UP TO NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES TO START THE WORK WEEK. NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL BE MOVING IN FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS...BUT THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTION IN STRENGTH AND TIMING AND WILL HAVE TO BE FINE TUNED IN LATER FORECASTS. 61/224 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 31 36 27 33 / 0 100 100 20 CAMDEN AR 42 46 29 41 / 50 100 90 0 HARRISON AR 28 34 20 29 / 0 90 90 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 36 42 26 35 / 20 100 100 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 36 42 28 36 / 10 100 100 10 MONTICELLO AR 42 48 30 41 / 40 100 100 10 MOUNT IDA AR 35 40 23 32 / 20 100 100 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 29 36 23 31 / 0 90 90 10 NEWPORT AR 31 37 28 34 / 0 100 100 20 PINE BLUFF AR 40 44 30 39 / 20 100 100 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 35 37 24 31 / 10 100 100 10 SEARCY AR 33 37 27 35 / 10 100 100 20 STUTTGART AR 37 40 29 38 / 10 100 100 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR BAXTER-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD- JACKSON-PERRY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE- SCOTT-SEARCY-YELL. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR CLARK-GARLAND-HOT SPRING-PIKE. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR LONOKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WOODRUFF. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 1:10 PM CST, 15 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 110 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251100- 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- 110 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS TEXAS...THEN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD. THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A NUMBER OF WEATHER IMPACTS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS ARKANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE STATE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AS A STORM SYSTEM IN TEXAS TRACKS THROUGH NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY EVENING. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL TAKE PLACE FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST AFTER DARK. THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS ROUGHLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. SIX TO TEN INCH TOTALS COULD OCCUR IN PORTIONS OF THE OZARK AND OUACHITA MOUNTAINS...AND ALSO IN THE NORTHEAST. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW. A SHARP GRADIENT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM. A RELATIVELY SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WOULD HAVE A PRONOUNCED IMPACT WITH REGARD TO THE PLACEMENT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS. IN ADDITION TO THE WINTER WEATHER THREAT...THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR OTHER WEATHER HAZARDS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CHRISTMAS DAY....ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERMITAGE...TO MONTICELLO...TO DUMAS. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SURFACE WINDS GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE CHRISTMAS NIGHT...AND CONTINUING INTO MUCH OF WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEAKER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM ARRIVES...TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING WILL MOSTLY BE SUBFREEZING. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES...WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET FARTHER SOUTH. READINGS WILL GRADUALLY WARM THROUGH THE DAY...WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY WILL BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...IF THERE IS ANY ICE...EVEN MINIMAL AMOUNTS WILL CREATE PROBLEMS. THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. .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. 55
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 4:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 24 more | 23 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.