THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY...ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF A WHITEHOUSE
TO HENDERSON...AND CARTHAGE TEXAS...AND MANSFIELD TO RINGGOLD...
JONESBORO...AND BOSCO LOUISIANA LINE.
*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
WILL BE 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 ICE ACCUMULATION ON 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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