000 FLUS44 KLZK 191052 HWOLZK HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201045- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 500 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP OVER TEXAS TODAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ALSO STRENGTHENS OVER THE AREA. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD ARKANSAS TONIGHT...AND INITIALLY BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT RAIN TO NORTHWESTERN AREAS...THEN AS TEMPERATURES NEAR AND DROP BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...THEN EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN NORTHERN AREAS. A DUSTING TO AROUND AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR HEAVY SNOW OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. THE REST OF ARKANSAS WILL SEE JUST RAIN...WITH SOME MIXTURE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE SURFACE AND UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS AND ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY...AND SPREAD HEAVIER SNOW AND WINTRY WEATHER TO THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE SNOW THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY...AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH. ANY RAIN OVER CENTRAL LOCATIONS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS INCLUDING THE LITTLE ROCK AREA...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY START AS A MIX OF RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TURNING TO SNOW LATER THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE INCH OR JUST A DUSTING. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH OUT OF THE STATE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER ARKANSAS AND BRING DRY AND COOL WEATHER FRIDAY THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. THEN THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD AGAIN RAIN...WITH SOME WINTRY WEATHER FOR THE STATE LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. $$ 59