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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