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FOUR STATE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
400 AM CST WED JAN 30 2002

AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE 
REGION.  SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A 
STRAY SHOWER OR TWO AFFECTING SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA 
AROUND THE MIDNIGHT HOUR.  A COLD FRONT FROM JUST NORTH OF DALLAS 
TEXAS...THROUGH SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...TO EAST OF FORT SMITH 
ARKANSAS...SEPARATED TWO DISTINCT AIR MASSES.  BEHIND THE 
FRONT...ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST 
OKLAHOMA...TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S AND 40S...WHILE AHEAD OF THE 
FRONT...ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST 
ARKANSAS...AND THE REST OF THE FOUR STATE REGION...PREDAWN 
TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MAKE VERY LITTLE PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY.  
THIS WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MUGGY DAY ACROSS 
MOST OF THE REGION.  MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 
TODAY WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT.  THEREFORE...THE BEST 
CHANCES OF RAIN TODAY...WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF 
INTERSTATE 30...WHILE THE REST OF THE REGION WILL HAVE PARTLY TO 
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS.  THE FRONT WILL FINALLY PUSH THROUGH THE REGION 
DURING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL 
TROUGH...CURRENTLY OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SWINGS INTO THE 
PLAINS.  DISTURBANCES RIDING ALONG THE FRONT...WILL CREATE PERIODS 
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND 
BEHIND THE FRONT.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE QUITE STRONG ON 
THURSDAY.  THE RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END DURING 
THURSDAY NIGHT...AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION.  
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND IS LOOKING QUITE TRANQUIL WITH SEASONAL 
TEMPERATURES.