SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS 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 EVENING.
*UP TO FOUR 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 IS POSSIBLE AND THIS MAY
FALL AFTER OR IN COMBINATION WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET.
*MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR JUST
ABOVE FREEZING...WITH BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BEING THE MAIN IMPACT.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAVEL TIMES ARE EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SINCE THIS WILL BE WET HEAVY SNOW...
SOME BREAKAGE OF TREE LIMBS COULD OCCUR...RESULTING IN ISOLATED
POWER FAILURES.
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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