Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

....AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING...BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE QUAD STATE REGION.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

AT 945 PM...DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED THAT LIGHT SNOW HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO FALL OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE SNOW WAS SPREADING NORTHEAST...AND WILL OVERTAKE MUCH OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN FACT...AN INCH OF SO OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS BY DAWN.

PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY OVER ALL OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. THE SNOW SHOULD THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY EVENING...ENDING IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE REGION. AMOUNTS MAY BE A BIT SMALLER NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER IN KENTUCKY...WHERE THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

...SNOW ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST TENNESSEE. UP TO ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE. AS THE SNOW CONTINUES ON THURSDAY...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO THREE INCHES.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY.