BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A massive winter storm trudging across the southern plains and sliding now eastward. The front edge of that storm slipping into Arkansas and with it the threat of the heaviest snowfall in a dozen years. Reporter Gina Wheeler of CNN's Little Rock affiliate KATV now live with the view from Little Rock. Gina, how is it thus far?</s>GINA WHEELER, KATV REPORTER: Well, Bill, we all know that it's out there; we are just waiting for it to fall. We haven't seen any snowfall just yet. Obviously, people are at home, sitting there, waiting for it to fall as well. Many schools are closed, businesses are closed, and people are staying home out here. Now, salt trucks were out in full force, last night, preparing the roads and bracing for the worst. Four to eight inches are expected in central Arkansas; some say five to nine inches. And of course, snow has already fallen in Arkadelphia, Hot Springs and in Texarkana. Now, it's not supposed to hit central Arkansas probably until early this afternoon, but highway behind me are light, traffic is light. Rush hour this morning was light as well. Most schools, as I mentioned, in central Arkansas are closed. They could have gotten to their destinations earlier this morning; however, when they would have left school, this afternoon, it would have been a mess. Now, folks around here have been watching the reports of what's been happening to the west of us, so as it -- they all know that it's coming. But of course we haven't had an accumulated snowfall out here in Little Rock in almost three years. So, it's a big deal to folks out here. Reporting from Little Rock, I'm Gina Wheeler for</s>CNN. HEMMER: All right, Gina, thank you. Gina Wheeler, KATV our affiliate down in Little Rock, thanks for the update there.
Little Rock, Arkansas, Prepares for Major Winter Snowstorm