TwitZIP

Special Weather Statement

Effective: Jan 10 2013 10:36 AM CST

Expires: Jan 10 2013 12:30 PM CST

Warning:

Certainty: Observed

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Minor

...GUSTY EAST WINDS THIS MORNING... LATE THIS MORNING...WINDS INCREASED BRIEFLY FROM THE EAST AT LITTLE ROCK...CONWAY AND PINE BLUFF. GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WERE NOTED. THE GUSTS WERE PRECEDED BY A SHARP DROP IN PRESSURE. IT APPEARS A SMALL WAKE LOW...OR AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...IS MOVING FROM CENTRAL INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS. WAKE LOWS SOMETIMES FORM ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF LARGE RAIN AREAS...OR WHERE PRECIPITATION IS CLOSE TO ENDING. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE LATE THIS MORNING. PEOPLE IN EASTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WIND SPEED. GUSTS COULD BRIEFLY EXCEED 40 MPH IN SOME AREAS.

Locations Affected: Arkansas; Cleburne; Faulkner; Fulton; Independence; Izard; Jackson; Jefferson; Lonoke; Monroe; Prairie; Pulaski; Sharp; Stone; White; Woodruff

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