Winter Weather Message 15:47:10.3625

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.

* TIMING: AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN IN THE
20S THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE FALLING INTO THE TEENS OVERNIGHT.
WHEN COMBINED WITH A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH...THIS
WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM ZERO TO TEN ABOVE
ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LOW VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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