Winter Storm Watch 20:49:04.6824

.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>167-111300-
/O.CON.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
848 PM CST WED FEB 10 2010

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

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

SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY OVER EAST AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS...MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA LATER IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...BUT
DROP TO AT OR BELOW FREEZING THURSDAY EVENING. WHILE PRECIPITATION
MAY BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW INITIALLY ACROSS THE
REGION ON THURSDAY...A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW WILL BE LIKELY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM NACOGDOCHES TEXAS TO COLUMBIA LOUISIANA BY
THURSDAY EVENING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE LIKELY 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 HIGHER SNOW AMOUNT 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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