Winter Weather 3:00 PM 1272009 Briefing

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Winter Weather 300 PM 1/27/2009 Briefing

• Keith Stellman
• Warning Coordination Meteorologist
• NWS Shreveport

Slides available at http//www.srh.noaa.gov/shv/b
riefing/
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The Latest

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Images from Northern Arkansas
Images from Franklin County Arkansas this morning
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Latest Radar 218PM
Freezing rain/Sleet
Rain/mixed precip developing
Front
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130 PM Surface Map
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Low temps overnight
Dewpoint Temperature overnight
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31
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Liquid Equivalent (QPF)
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Ice Threat

• 0.50 inch along the I-30 corridor..isolated up to
  1.00
• 0.25 inch or from Tyler-gt Shreveport-gt El
  Dorado and points north
• Light wintry precip Lufkin, TX -gt Farmerville,
  LA

Hope, Ar Christmas 2000
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High Probability of significant Ice/Impacts

• 0.5 inch of Ice
• Trees and powerlines downed..significant power
  outages
• Ice accumulating on everything and major
  disruption in travel
• 0.25 to 0.50 inch of ice
• Trees and powerlines
• Major disruption in travel
• Scattered power outages
• lt0.25 inches
• Travel problems
• Bridges and overpasses