A brief winter storm dumped between one and two inches of snow across portions of Howard and Sevier counties in Southwest Arkansas.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A brief winter storm dumped between one and two inches of snow across portions of Howard and Sevier counties in Southwest Arkansas.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 7, 9:06 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
906 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005
.UPDATE...
SURFACE OBS/AREA RADARS SHOW FORECAST GENERALLY ON TRACK. NO CHANGES.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 326 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005)
DISCUSSION...
SNOW ADVISORY AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL HEADLINE THE
FORECAST TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT HAS LINGERED JUST WEST OF THE AREA
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THERE IS ABOUT A 10 TO 15 DEGREE GRADIENT
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...THUS TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA REMAINED
WELL ABOVE FREEZING ALL DAY...WHILE BEHIND THE FRONT TEMPERATURES
WERE WELL BELOW FREEZING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING THROUGH THE
PLAINS WILL HELP PUT THIS BOUNDARY BACK IN MOTION TONIGHT...WHILE
CONTINUING TO DRAW UP MID LEVEL MOISTURE...VIA ISENTROPIC LIFT.
PATCHY AREAS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL BE OBSERVED DURING MUCH
OF THE EVENING HOURS NORTH OF I20. HOWEVER AS WE GET CLOSE TO
MIDNIGHT LOOK FOR SOME CHANGES. AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTH OF
I30...RAIN/SLEET WILL TURN TO SNOW. FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA
GENERALLY NORTH OF I20 AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF I30 LOOK FOR A FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE REST OF THE AREA SOUTH OF I20...WILL GET MOSTLY RAIN
HOWEVER SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR TEMPS STAYED
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE...AND LOOK FOR A HARD FREEZE TOMORROW NIGHT. SHORT
TERM OUTWEIGHED EXTENDED...SO LITTLE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE
EXTENDED.
ELEVEN
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...AND SEVIER.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: HEMPSTEAD...LAFAYETTE...MILLER...AND NEVADA.
LA...NONE.
OK...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
MCCURTAIN.
TX...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
RED RIVER.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES:
BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...FRANKLIN...GREGG...MARION...MORRIS...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...AND
WOOD.
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06/44HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-081200- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1200 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW...OVER A COLD AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE...AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH SOME UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...HAS SET THE STAGE...FOR SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONSISTING OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE FOUR STATE REGION...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DURING THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS EAST TEXAS INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SOME OF THIS LIGHT RAIN...COULD BE MIXED WITH SLEET...DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30... ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE PRECIPITATION FOR MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET...TURNING TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE FREEZING...SO NO SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CHANGE TONIGHT...AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...GENERALLY TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30. ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...RAIN COULD GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW OR SLEET TONIGHT ESPECIALLY IN EAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS EAST TEXAS...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SOME LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING...BUT QUICKLY EXIT THE AREA BY AROUND MIDDAY...WITH ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF ANY FROZEN PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief winter storm dumped between one and two inches of snow across portions of Howard and Sevier counties in Southwest Arkansas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, December 2005
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