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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LITTLE ROCK AR 727 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011
...ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS ARKANSAS LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
.SURFACE CHARTS INDICATE THAT ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS IS POISED TO PUSH SOUTH...REACHING ARKANSAS LATE TUESDAY.
MEANWHILE...UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IS FORECAST TO PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE ROCKIES... AND WILL APPROACH THE MID SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... THEN WILL MOVE EASTWARD...TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE. THIS SYSTEM WILL TRAVEL IN A CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED TRACK TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS ARKANSAS.
LATER FORECASTS WILL BE ABLE TO FURTHER DEFINE TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MUCH OF THE STATE WILL RECEIVE ACCUMULATING...POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL..
INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF:
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY- DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE- OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- WHITE-WOODRUFF-
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL...AT TIMES HEAVY...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOWFALL ENDS. LATER FORECASTS WILL FURTHER REFINE THE SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL.
* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS EVENT AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER AS ROADS MAY STILL BE HAZARDOUS. ENSURE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF FOOD...WATER...AND MEDICATIONS TO LAST THROUGH THE
STORM SYSTEMS DURATION. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

ROAD CONDITIONS
Follow the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department's Twitter account for bulletins on road conditions http://twitter.com/#!/ahtd
Or call for a recorded message at 501.569.2374 or toll-free 800.245.1672
Or get a text listing of road closures here http://www.arkansashighways.com/roads/Web-road%20closings.htm
and a map of conditions across the state http://arkansashighways.com/Road/mapopt.htm
NOTE:
State Police will have info on accidents. 501.618.8000
The AHTD has info on road and lane closures.
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