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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
427 AM CST Tue Mar 8 2022


ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-082200-
Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone-
Izard-Independence-Lawrence-Johnson-Pope-Van Buren-Cleburne-
Jackson-Logan-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Scott-Yell-Perry-
Polk-Montgomery-Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-
Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-
Lincoln-Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-
Including the cities of Harrison, Bull Shoals, Flippin, 
Yellville, Summit, Mountain Home, Cherokee Village, 
Mammoth Spring, Cave City, Ash Flat, Hardy, Attica, Pocahontas, 
Jasper, Western Grove, Marshall, Leslie, Mountain View, 
Horseshoe Bend, Melbourne, Calico Rock, Oxford, Batesville, 
Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, Clarksville, Russellville, Fairfield Bay, 
Clinton, Heber Springs, Newport, Booneville, Paris, Morrilton, 
Conway, Searcy, Beebe, Augusta, McCrory, Cotton Plant, Waldron, 
Dardanelle, Danville, Ola, Perryville, Mena, Mount Ida, Norman, 
Hot Springs, Benton, Bryant, Little Rock, North Little Rock, 
Cabot, Lonoke, Des Arc, Hazen, De Valls Bluff, Brinkley, 
Clarendon, Murfreesboro, Glenwood, Arkadelphia, Malvern, 
Sheridan, Pine Bluff, Stuttgart, De Witt, Fordyce, Rison, 
Kingsland, Star City, Gould, Dumas, McGehee, Camden, Hampton, 
Thornton, Warren, and Monticello
427 AM CST Tue Mar 8 2022

...Winter Weather Is Looking More Likely Later This Week...
...Unseasonably Cold Temperatures Will Be Possible by Saturday...

Confidence is increasing in accumulating wintry precipitation 
over portions of Arkansas around Friday and Friday Night. 

The combination of a rather potent storm system and unseasonably
cold Arctic air will increase the likelihood of accumulating sleet
and snow over northwest Arkansas beginning Friday morning. Rain is
expected over the remainder of the state initially. Much colder
air will move into Arkansas during the day, with precipitation
mixing with sleet or snow by late afternoon over the higher
terrain of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains. 

Late in the afternoon or early Friday evening, coverage of
precipitation will diminish from west to east as much colder and
drier air moves in. 

While the likelihood of accumulating wintry precipitation is
highest over northwest Arkansas, a changeover is not out of the
question over the remainder of the state before completely ending
after midnight. 

By Saturday morning, temperatures are expected to fall into the
teens in northern and western Arkansas, with 20s over the
remainder of the area. Single-digit wind chills will be possible 
in the hours around sunrise over northern Arkansas. 

Temperatures will gradually moderate through the weekend, though
the possibility of additional hard freezes can not be ruled out
into mid and late March. 

Continue to monitor the latest forecasts and outlooks from your
NWS office for the most up to date information concerning
potentially impactful Winter weather later this week. 

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