Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Winter Storm Warning 15:32:39.0523

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER
University Operations Center (UOC)

This is an automatically generated special information alert from the UT Tyler Office of Emergency Management:

WWUS44 KSHV 272135
WSWSHV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
335 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009

ARZ050-051-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>111-124-125-136-280545-
/O.CON.KSHV.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1800Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-
TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD-UPSHUR-SMITH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...
IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...TEXARKANA...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...QUITMAN...GILMER...TYLER
335 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
AS NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURES AROUND THE MID 30S TODAY...BEGIN TO
SLOWLY DROP THIS EVENING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...INCREASING
AREAS OF RAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30 WILL BEGIN TO
FREEZE UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND AND EXPOSED OBJECTS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH...TO POSSIBLY AN INCH OR
MORE...COULD OCCUR BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AND END BY NOON
WEDNESDAY. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 30...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY NOT ARRIVE UNTIL LATER IN THE EVENING...AND RAINFALL MAY
REMAIN MORE PATCHY. HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH...POSSIBLY TO ONE HALF INCH...COULD OCCUR.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.

IN ADDITION...AS DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY STRUGGLE TO
REACH 40 DEGREES...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FALL INTO
THE 20S...LEFTOVER AREAS OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS MAY
REFREEZE...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS PATCHES OF VERY SLICK SPOTS ON
ROADS AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES.

$$

ARZ060-061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-010-TXZ112-126-137-138-149>153-
280545-
/O.CON.KSHV.IS.W.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1800Z/
HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-DE SOTO-CASS-MARION-GREGG-HARRISON-
CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOPE...PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...
LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...
MINDEN...HOMER...FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...ATLANTA...JEFFERSON...
LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...
CENTER
335 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
AS LATE AFTERNOON EMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DROP LATER THIS EVENING TO NEAR OR BELOW
FREEZING...PATCHY AREAS OF RAIN WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE UPON IMPACT
WITH THE GROUND AND EXPOSED OBJECTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH...TO POSSIBLY NEAR ON HALF INCH...COULD OCCUR
BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AND END BY NOON WEDNESDAY.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.

IN ADDITION...AS DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY STRUGGLE TO
REACH 40 DEGREES...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FALL INTO
THE 20S...LEFTOVER AREAS OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS MAY
REFREEZE...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS PATCHES OF VERY SLICK SPOTS ON
ROADS AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES.

$$

LAZ017-TXZ165>167-280545-
/O.NEW.KSHV.WW.Y.0003.090128T0300Z-090128T1800Z/
SABINE LA-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANY...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
335 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

A COLD FRONT ARRIVING THIS EVENING WILL BRING BOTH RAIN...AND
RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE AREA. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES
MAY REACH THE FREEZING MARK...RESULTING IN A BRIEF TRANSITION FROM
RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN. ALTHOUGH ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED
SURFACES IS NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MAJOR DAMAGE OR WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES...TRAVEL ON ROADWAYS...AND EXPECIALLY
BRIDGES...COULD BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
AND MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$


P. Low/UOC
END OF ALERT

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