Winter Storm Watch 15:39:56.0752

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE FOUR STATE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING BRINGING SNOW AND SLEET TO THE
AREA.

ARZ070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-
136>138-149>153-165>167-110400-
/O.NEW.KSHV.WS.A.0001.100211T2200Z-100212T1600Z/
MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...
EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...
DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...
LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...
CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
338 PM CST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 400 PM CST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING...FOR ALL OF EAST AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND FOR
THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TEXARKANA TO
EL DORADO.

SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER EAST
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT DROP TO AT OR BELOW FREEZING THURSDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW NORTH OF A LINE FROM
NACOGDOCHES TEXAS TO CLARKS LOUISIANA BY THURSDAY EVENING...AND
WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET SOUTH OF THAT LINE.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT...ENDING FROM WEST
TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM TYLER TEXAS TO FARMERVILLE
LOUISIANA. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF THAT
LINE...BUT NORTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSONVILLE TEXAS TO MANY
LOUISIANA...TO JENA LOUISIANA. THE AREA INCLUDES THE SHREVEPORT
AND MONROE LOUISIANA METROPOLITAN AREAS.

OVER DEEP EAST TEXAS...AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR.

THE MAIN ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WET OR SLUSHY THROUGH THE
EVENT...HOWEVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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