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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 24, 201225 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this winter storm warning at Dec 24, 2012, 5:00 AM CST for 25 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 11:21 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr. 31 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 24, 2012, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2012, 11:21 AM CST
Expired
Dec 26, 2012, 4:15 AM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
All 25 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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
Dec 25, 5:24 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.2North Little Rock Airpo, AR
Dec 25, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 2N Little Rock Arpt, ARMEASURED 2.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SO FAR THIS EVENING AT THE NWS LZK FORECAST OFFICE.
Dec 25, 8:38 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4.5Mayflower, AR
Dec 25, 9:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4.4North Little Rock Airpo, ARTHUNDERSNOW OCCURRED AT 851 PM CST.
Dec 25, 9:41 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4.33 W Hot Springs, AR
Dec 25, 10:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Hot Springs, AR
Dec 25, 10:36 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Searcy, AR
Dec 25, 10:47 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 810 W Downtown Little Ro, ARSNOW OCCURRED IN WEST LITTLE ROCK.
Dec 25, 10:59 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Bryant, AR
Dec 25, 11:12 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.3Sherwood, AR
Dec 25, 11:12 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 11Wye, ARGARAGES AND SHOPS WERE COLLAPSING ON WYE MOUNTAIN.
Dec 25, 11:15 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Sardis, AR
Dec 25, 11:20 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 72 S Batesville, AR
Dec 25, 11:28 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Lonoke, AR
Dec 25, 11:30 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 5Arkadelphia, AR
Dec 25, 11:30 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Gravel Ridge, AR
Dec 25, 11:40 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.8Conway, AR
Dec 25, 11:45 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.53 Nw North Little Rock, ARTHIS SNOW OCCURRED AT BURNS PARK.
Dec 25, 11:45 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9Maumelle, AR
Dec 25, 11:55 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.5North Little Rock Airpo, AR
Dec 25, 11:55 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.6North Little Rock Airpo, AR
Dec 25, 11:55 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.9Little Rock National Ai, AR
Dec 25, 11:55 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9Little Rock National Ai, AR
Dec 26, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Salem, AR
Dec 26, 12:03 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7.5Sherwood, AR
Dec 26, 12:20 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 104 Ne North Little Rock, ARSNOW FELL IN THE LAKEWOOD SUBDIVISION.
Dec 26, 12:40 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Lonoke, AR
Dec 26, 12:52 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10Conway, AR
Dec 26, 1:30 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 11Mayflower, AR
Dec 26, 2:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10.56 W Downtown Little Roc, AR
Dec 26, 2:20 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10North Little Rock Airpo, ARSTORM TOTAL IS NOW UP TO 10 INCHES.

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2012-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2012-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 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.

246 
WWUS44 KLZK 241100
WSWLZK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-241900-
/O.UPG.KLZK.WS.A.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/
/O.NEW.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
500 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM 
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET 
  WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY...EVENTUALLY CHANGING 
  TO ALL SNOW AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 
  LATE TUESDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

* 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>016-023>025-031>033-039-241900-
/O.UPG.KLZK.WS.A.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/
BAXTER-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-
PERRY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BEEBE...
CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLINTON...CONWAY...FAIRFIELD BAY...
HARDY...HEBER SPRINGS...HORSESHOE BEND...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...
OXFORD...PERRYVILLE...SEARCY...VIOLA
500 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY 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
TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM 
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET 
  WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...EVENTUALLY 
  CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER IN THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 
  LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

* 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.

&&

$$

ARZ042-052>054-241900-
/O.NEW.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121225T2100Z-121226T0600Z/
CLARK-GARLAND-HOT SPRING-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...GLENWOOD...HOT SPRINGS...
MALVERN...MURFREESBORO
500 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS
  MORNING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW WILL
  BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
  THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET...AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE
  EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER
  TERRAIN.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS
  BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ARZ034-043>046-241900-
/O.NEW.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/
LONOKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BENTON...BRYANT...CABOT...
COTTON PLANT...DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...HAZEN...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MCCRORY...NORTH LITTLE ROCK
500 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS
  MORNING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW WILL
  BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
  THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET...AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE
  EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER
  TERRAIN.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS
  BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$

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9 follow-up statements
358 
WWUS44 KLZK 241219
WSWLZK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
619 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-242200-
/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
619 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM 
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET 
  WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY...EVENTUALLY CHANGING 
  TO ALL SNOW AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 
  LATE TUESDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

* 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>016-023>025-031>033-039-242200-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/
BAXTER-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-
PERRY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BEEBE...
CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLINTON...CONWAY...FAIRFIELD BAY...
HARDY...HEBER SPRINGS...HORSESHOE BEND...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...
OXFORD...PERRYVILLE...SEARCY...VIOLA
619 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM 
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET 
  WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...EVENTUALLY 
  CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER IN THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 
  LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

* 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.

&&

$$

ARZ042-052>054-242200-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121225T2100Z-121226T0600Z/
CLARK-GARLAND-HOT SPRING-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...GLENWOOD...HOT SPRINGS...
MALVERN...MURFREESBORO
619 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM 
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS 
  MORNING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW WILL 
  BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 
  THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET...AND 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 
  HIGHER TERRAIN. 

* IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS 
  BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ARZ034-043>046-242200-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/
LONOKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BENTON...BRYANT...CABOT...
COTTON PLANT...DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...HAZEN...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MCCRORY...NORTH LITTLE ROCK
619 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM 
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS 
  MORNING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW WILL 
  BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 
  THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET...AND 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 
  HIGHER TERRAIN. 

* IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS...AS ROADWAYS 
  BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$

58
014 
WWUS44 KLZK 242122
WSWLZK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
322 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-251200-
/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
322 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM 
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET 
  WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY...EVENTUALLY CHANGING 
  TO ALL SNOW AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 
  LATE TUESDAY EVENING. 

* 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>016-023>025-031>033-039-251200-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.W.0002.121225T2100Z-121226T1200Z/
BAXTER-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-
PERRY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BEEBE...
CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLINTON...CONWAY...FAIRFIELD BAY...
HARDY...HEBER SPRINGS...HORSESHOE BEND...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...
OXFORD...PERRYVILLE...SEARCY...VIOLA
322 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET
  WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON
  CHRISTMAS DAY...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE
  EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* 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.

&&

$$

ARZ042-052>054-251200-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121225T2100Z-121226T0600Z/
CLARK-GARLAND-HOT SPRING-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...GLENWOOD...HOT SPRINGS...
MALVERN...MURFREESBORO
322 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS
  MORNING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW AND
  SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER
  SUNSET...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE
  TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE
  POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER
  TERRAIN.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS
  ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ARZ034-043>046-251200-
/O.CON.KLZK.WS.A.0003.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/
LONOKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WOODRUFF-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...BENTON...BRYANT...CABOT...
COTTON PLANT...DE VALLS BLUFF...DES ARC...HAZEN...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MCCRORY...NORTH LITTLE ROCK
322 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* EVENT...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM
  THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS
  MORNING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW AND
  SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER
  SUNSET...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE
  TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE
  POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER
  TERRAIN.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...AS
  ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$
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
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 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 Dec 24, 4:57 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 4:57 AM CST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
457 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

BIG STORY CONTINUES TO BE DEVELOPING WINTER STORM ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
LATEST MODELS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN HANDLING THE
STORM...WITH A TRACK A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AS THE SYSTEM
INTENSIFIES. DATA SHOWS THE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM TEXAS THROUGH
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WITH A POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY SNOW ON THE NORTH/WEST SIDE OF THE TRACK.

BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS SYSTEM GETS GOING...THERE WILL BE A LULL TODAY
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A FRONT WILL BE STALLED ALONG THE
GULF COAST...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION FROM THE
NORTH.

LATER TONIGHT...AS THE SYSTEM IN TEXAS APPROACHES...MOISTURE WILL BE
PULLED NORTHWARD OVER THE FRONT...AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
AND INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES TO THE
EAST...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. THE CHANGEOVER WILL NOT
OCCUR OVER THE SOUTH/EAST UNTIL AFTER DARK.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...HAVE THREE TO SIX INCH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ROUGHLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE.
COULD EASILY GET SIX TO TEN INCH TOTALS IN PARTS OF THE OZARK AND
OUACHITA MOUNTAINS...AND IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST.

TO GO ALONG WITH THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE A STRONG/GUSTY NORTHERLY
WIND. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW.

HAVE GONE WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING NORTH OF MENA...CONWAY AND
NEWPORT. GIVEN A LITTLE LESS CONFIDENCE IN HEAVY SNOW...BUT WITH
STILL A POTENTIAL...ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FARTHER SOUTH TO
MURFREESBORO...LITTLE ROCK AND AUGUSTA. ACROSS SOUTHERN/EASTERN
ARKANSAS...LESSER SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST...AND WILL PROBABLY NEED
AN ADVISORY AT A LATER TIME.

AS IS USUAL WITH DYNAMIC SYSTEMS IN WINTER...AS SNOW IS OCCURRING
HERE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS/TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED FROM LOUISIANA TO
GEORGIA CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON/TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH ANY
SNOW ENDING. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE BREEZY AND COLD...WITH MUCH BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
&&

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE REGION TO START THE EXTENDED
PERIOD BEHIND A DEPARTING WINTER STORM. THE HIGH WILL NOT STAY
LONG...AND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE JUST AS A WEAK STORM SYSTEM
ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY FRIDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES IN MOST AREAS SHOULD BE AT/BELOW FREEZING TO START
FRIDAY...AND THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION AROUND. IF THERE
IS...WOULD ANTICIPATE SOME SNOWFLAKES IN THE NORTH AND A CHANCE OF
FREEZING RAIN/SLEET CENTRAL AND SOUTH. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL
EVENTUALLY WIPE OUT MOST WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WITH SCATTERED LIGHT
RAIN IN MOST AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON.

WHILE ANY PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY WOULD TEND TO BE LIGHT...ANY ICE
AT ALL WOULD BE A PROBLEM. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE SITUATION.

AFTER THE SYSTEM DEPARTS FRIDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER BUBBLE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY/SUNDAY. TRANQUIL
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...BUT WITH CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     53  33  36  25 /   0  10  70  90
CAMDEN AR         62  45  46  28 /   0  30  90  60
HARRISON AR       48  31  33  21 /   0   0  50  80
HOT SPRINGS AR    57  41  42  25 /   0  20  80  80
LITTLE ROCK   AR  58  40  41  26 /   0  10  80  80
MONTICELLO AR     62  46  49  30 /  10  30  90  70
MOUNT IDA AR      56  40  41  24 /   0  20  80  70
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  48  31  34  22 /   0   0  50  80
NEWPORT AR        54  35  38  27 /  10  10  70  90
PINE BLUFF AR     60  43  45  28 /  10  20  80  80
RUSSELLVILLE AR   53  36  37  23 /   0  10  70  80
SEARCY AR         55  36  38  26 /  10  10  70  90
STUTTGART AR      58  40  43  28 /  10  10  80  80
&&

.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.

&&

SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...46
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM 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-
500 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE GULF COAST TODAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL
FORM ALONG THE FRONT IN TEXAS TONIGHT...AND WILL PULL MOISTURE
NORTHWARD OVER THE FRONT INTO ARKANSAS. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WILL
DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BY DAWN
CHRISTMAS DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH SUNDAY

RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE STATE 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.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS NORTH OF MOUNT
IDA...CONWAY AND NEWPORT. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FARTHER
SOUTH TOWARD ARKADELPHIA...LITTLE ROCK AND AUGUSTA.

AS SNOW FALLS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE ALSO IN THE
FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS...LESSER SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE...
WITH ONE TO THREE INCH AMOUNTS COMMON.

THE STORM SYSTEM BRINGING THE SNOW 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.

46

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 5:00 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Pike, Prairie and 3 more24 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.