An area of light to moderate precipitation developed across the region with the approach of an upper level disturbance. A mixture of rain, sleet, and some light freezing rain occurred in this event resulting in a generally light accumulation from the wintry mix.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
An area of light to moderate precipitation developed across the region with the approach of an upper level disturbance. A mixture of rain, sleet, and some light freezing rain occurred in this event resulting in a generally light accumulation from the wintry mix. The precipitation was prolonged across portions of northwestern Arkansas and as a result, one half to one inch of sleet fell across portions of southern Carroll County.
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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 3, 11:22 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1122 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS... WITH CEILINGS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO IFR LEVELS BY AROUND 12Z. WHILE A SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN STILL EXISTS AT BOTH KFYV AND KXNA FROM APPROXIMATELY 09Z-12Z...CONFIDENCE REMAINS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN A TEMPO GROUP AT THIS POINT. IFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD... POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD LIFR CEILINGS AFTER 18Z THURSDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 914 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010/ ..UPDATE... DISCUSSION... EXPANSIVE PRECIP SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING WAVE IS WELL FORMED PER AREA RADAR DATA...WHILE SATELLITE DATA SHOWS AN IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE FEED INTO THIS SYSTEM THAT REACHES NEARLY THE EQUATOR. 00Z KSGF/KLZK SOUNDINGS SAMPLED THE DEEP DRY LAYER THAT WILL INITIALLY LIMIT THE NORTHWARD ADVANCE OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP...HOWEVER THE AFOREMENTIONED PLENTIFUL MOISTURE WILL ENSURE WIDESPREAD PRECIP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF TOMORROW. THE INITIAL AREA OF CONCERN FOR ANY WINTERY PRECIP IS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE DRIER LOW LEVELS WILL PERSIST LONGEST AND ALLOW ANY WET BULB COOLING TO SUPPORT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND/OR SLEET. THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR LATE TONIGHT WITH RAPID MOISTENING AND ANY MINIMAL WARMING LEADING TO A CHANGE TO ALL RAIN...THUS ANY ICING AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO BE VERY LIGHT. BEYOND TONIGHT...THE FORECAST OF WIDESPREAD RAIN APPEARS ON TRACK WITH THE CENTER OF THE UPPER WAVE TURNING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE A CHANCE OF RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS AND UPDATED FORECAST WILL EXPAND THIS RAIN SNOW AREA AND INCREASE SNOW AMOUNTS NEARER ONE INCH. OTHER UPDATES FOR TONIGHT WILL RAISE MIN TEMPS A BIT OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH OTHER ELEMENTS ON TRACK. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 501 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041100- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 500 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010 ...UPCOMING PERIOD OF WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL FOCUSES NORTH... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WINTER WEATHER. ICE ACCUMULATION. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...AFTER MIDNIGHT. ONSET...FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. DISCUSSION... RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT... AND THIS WILL ALLOW A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL. CURRENTLY...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIGHT WITH AMOUNTS LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING JUST ABOVE FREEZING THURSDAY MORNING. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WITH SNOW CHANCES RETURNING THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS PERIOD OF WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL MARK THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER STORM SYSTEM...WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...HOWEVER WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LIKELY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
One half to one inch of sleet fell across portions of southern Carroll County.
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