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Special Weather Statement for Garland, AR

Other affected areas:

Boone, AR; Marion, AR; Baxter, AR; Fulton, AR; Sharp, AR; Newton, AR; Searcy, AR; Stone, AR; Izard, AR; Independence, AR; Johnson, AR; Pope, AR; Van Buren, AR; Cleburne, AR; Jackson, AR; Logan, AR; Conway, AR; Faulkner, AR; White, AR; Woodruff, AR; Scott, AR; Yell, AR; Perry, AR; Polk, AR; Montgomery, AR; Garland, AR; Saline, AR; Pulaski, AR; Lonoke, AR; Prairie, AR; Monroe, AR; Pike, AR; Clark, AR; Hot Spring, AR; Grant, AR; Jefferson, AR; Arkansas, AR; Dallas, AR; Cleveland, AR; Lincoln, AR; Desha, AR; Ouachita, AR; Calhoun, AR; Bradley, AR; Drew, AR
Issued by The National Weather Service
Little Rock, AR
Tue, Feb 19, 2013, 3:46 AM CST
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Updated Feb 19, 2013, 9:30am CST

AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MOISTURE BACK TO ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE WHEN THIS SYSTEM ARRIVES AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING IN PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH WARMER AIR ALOFT BEFORE FALLING INTO THE COLDER AIR AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. THE RESULT WILL BE A WINTERY MIX OF SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY... AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.

IN AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM CLARKSVILLE... TO CLINTON... TO NEWPORT... THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START AS A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX WEDNESDAY EVENING... TRANSITIONING TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THE NIGHT.

SOUTH OF THIS AREA... AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MENA... TO LITTLE ROCK... TO BRINKLEY... THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOSTLY BE A RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MIX... AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR FREEZING MARK. ONLY A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.

THE COMPUTER MODELS THIS MORNING ARE COMING IN A LITTLE COLDER AND IF THIS TREND CONTINUES... THERE COULD BE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. WINTER STORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FORECAST COULD CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. STAY INFORMED BY MONITORING THE LATEST FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.