THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY….
FRIDAY AFTERNOON…
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING CITIES KFFB LISTENING AREA….FROM RUSSELLVILLE..CLINTON..GREENBRIER..CONWAY…. FAIRFIELD BAY…HEBER SPRINGS… SEARCY…. ROSE BUD….BEEBE…..VILONIA.. ..LITTLE ROCK METRO.
INCLUDING THESE COUNTIES:
JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-LOGAN-CONWAY-FAULKNER-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY- POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND-SALINE-PULASKI-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-CLEBURNE-WHITE-WOODRUFF-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-GRANT-JEFFERSON- ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
* TIMING: EXPECT SNOW TO START FALLING SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT…THEN PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT THE
SNOWFALL TO DISSIPATE BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AREAS AFFECTED: A LARGE PORTION OF WESTERN, CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
* ACCUMULATIONS: EXPECT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS…ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE OZARK AND OUACHITA MOUNTAINS.
* IMPACTS: WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING…EXPECT
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER THE
SNOWFALL BEGINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
