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
NORTH LOUISIANA AND EXTREME EAST TEXAS...FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOTAL NEAR ONE INCH WITH SNOW TOTALS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.
* 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 LOUISIANA AND
EXTREME EAST TEXAS 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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