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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
126 PM CST Tue Jan 20 2026

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...

ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-062>069-103-
112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230-237-238-
240-241-313-340-341-210730-
/O.NEW.KLZK.WS.A.0001.260124T0000Z-260125T1200Z/
Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Stone-Izard-Independence-
Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry-
Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-Hot
Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-Desha-
Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-Boone County Except Southwest-
Newton County Higher Elevations-Searcy County Lower Elevations-
Southern Johnson County-Southern Pope County-Southeast Van Buren
County-Western and Northern Logan County-Northern Scott County-
Northwest Yell County-Polk County Lower Elevations-Central and
Eastern Montgomery County-Boone County Higher Elevations-Newton
County Lower Elevations-Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Johnson County Higher Elevations-Pope County Higher Elevations-
Van Buren County Higher Elevations-Southern and Eastern Logan
County-Central and Southern Scott County-Yell Excluding Northwest-
Northern Polk County Higher Elevations-Northern Montgomery County
Higher Elevations-Eastern, Central, and Southern Searcy County
Higher Elevations-Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations-
Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
Including the cities of Batesville, Augusta, Booneville, Deer,
Kingsland, Mountain View, Thornton, Warren, Clarendon, Danville,
Big Fork, Gould, Beebe, Ponca, Tilly, Botkinburg, Fordyce, Story,
Damascus, Russellville, Boxley, Des Arc, Flippin, Havana,
Malvern, Mansfield, Saint Joe, Jasper, Bryant, Mountain Fork,
Heber Springs, Glenwood, Scotland, Hector, Sheridan, Melbourne,
Newport, Rison, Perryville, Attica, Lonoke, Horseshoe Bend, Bull
Shoals, Pindall, Ozone, Hartman, Clarksville, Searcy, Camden,
North Little Rock, Oark, Caulksville, Dennard, Western Grove,
Oxford, Morrilton, Brinkley, Little Rock, Dumas, Plainview,
Pocahontas, Rich Mountain, Ash Flat, Grannis, Dardanelle, Summit,
McGehee, Arkadelphia, Coal Hill, De Valls Bluff, Yellville, Mount
Ida, Waldron, Blue Mountain, Monticello, Knoxville, Fairfield
Bay, Paris, Cave City, Hot Springs, Nunley, Hardy, Marshall,
Hartley, Conway, Cherokee Village, Pine Bluff, Hatfield, Hazen,
Subiaco, Atkins, Mountain Home, Boles, Nogo, Harrison, Acorn,
Hampton, Gilbert, Ola, Sugar Grove, Waveland, Cotton Plant,
Clinton, Walnut Ridge, Calico Rock, Shirley, Murfreesboro, De
Witt, Leslie, McCrory, Stuttgart, Arbaugh, London, Benton,
Mammoth Spring, Cabot, Mena, Hoxie, Albert, Norman, Pelsor, Mount
Magazine, Y City, and Star City
126 PM CST Tue Jan 20 2026

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...A high impact winter weather event is expected to occur
  this Friday night through Saturday night. Total snow accumulations
  of over 4 inches are expected across portions of northern and
  central Arkansas. A winter mixture is expected across the
  remainder of the state during this time. Later forecasts will
  refine the timing and locations of expected winter weather
  accumulations.

* WHERE...Portions of central, eastern, north central, southeast,
  southwest, and western Arkansas.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...Travel is expected to be difficult.  Again, later
  forecasts will focus the winter weather accumulations and
  associated timing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

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