AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON.
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR AREAS OF SNOW TO
CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...MAINLY ALONG THE I-30 CORRIDOR EAST OF DE KALB TEXAS.
FARTHER SOUTH...CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF EAST
TEXAS...AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN LOUISIANA ALONG THE ARKANSAS
BORDER...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ONLY A DUSTING OF SNOW AT BEST IS EXPECTED ALONG
INTERSTATE 20 IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...AND MINDEN...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. THE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...AS THIS STORM SYSTEM
BEGINS TO DRIFT EAST AWAY FROM THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE
FREEZING THIS MORNING AS THE SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THUS...
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR MAINLY ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY
SURFACES. HOWEVER...PATCHY ICE MAY DEVELOP ON SOME BRIDGES...
OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL TO
OR BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
ISOLATED SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AS WINDS
GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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