A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
* EVENT…A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL
MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN…SNOW AND
SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING…AND EVENTUALLY BECOME
ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
* WINDS…STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH…WITH GUSTS OVER
40 MPH…WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM GETS CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON.
* VISIBILITIES…THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW…REDUCING VISIBILITIES DRASTICALLY. TRAVEL IS
NOT ADVISED IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO TEN
INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT…ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN.
* IMPACT…TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS…AS ROADWAYS
BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED…AND VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED IN
THE BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS…MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST…HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED…STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
STAY TUNED TO KFFB 106.1 FOR UPDATES….PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
