Winter Storm Watch 04:35:08.9105

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

*SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD BEGIN ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD INTO NORTH LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO
EAST SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA
BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

*FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. FURTHER SOUTH INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF EXTREME NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AND
THIS MAY FALL AFTER...OR IN COMBINATION WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SLEET.

*MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING
SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE THREAT OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. ICE
ACCUMULATION ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACT.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAVEL TIMES ARE EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SINCE THIS WILL BE A WET
HEAVY SNOW...SOME BREAKAGE OF TREE LIMBS COULD OCCUR...RESULTING
IN ISOLATED POWER FAILURES...ESPECIALLY IF THE PRECIPITATION
BEGINS AS FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

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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