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A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE CHRISTMAS
EVENING THROUGH EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF
3 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF A
WALNUT RIDGE TO PIGGOTT ARKANSAS LINE. A WINTER STORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
AND FAR NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.





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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
MON DEC 24 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE MIDSOUTH
CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND CHRISTMAS NIGHT...

.AN STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDSOUTH BY LATE CHRISTMAS EVENING. RAIN
WILL OCCUR OVER MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL
LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
ALL SNOW CHRISTMAS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT PERIODS... ACCOMPANIED
BY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS.

MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS TO PIGGOTT
ARKANSAS.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER LATE CHRISTMAS DAY AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES CHRISTMAS
EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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