TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EASTWARD INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET...MIXED WITH SNOW ACROSS
THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...RAIN WILL
BE MIXED WITH SLEET THIS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...THERE WILL
BE A POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET THROUGHOUT
THE DAY WITH SOME SNOW MIXING IN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
THROUGH TONIGHT. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE INCH POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST NEAR
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
EXPECTED FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF PARISHES CLOSER TO THE ARKANSAS
BORDER...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. FINALLY...ACROSS
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
COULD TOTAL NEAR ONE INCH WITH SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACT WILL BE ICE AND OR SNOW ACCUMULATION ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SOME
BREAKAGE OF TREE LIMBS COULD OCCUR...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER
FAILURES...ESPECIALLY IF AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA SEE PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WHILE THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH AND EAST
OF THE REGION LATE TONIGHT...TAKING MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION
WITH IT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
MONDAY. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED IF THIS LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE MATERIALIZES OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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