Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
418 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

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HARRISON-RUSK-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE
418 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME
  NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF
  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW
  FREEZING...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
  ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY ACROSS
  MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY. MINOR
  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AFTER
  MIDNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...BEFORE CHANGING OVER
  TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
  8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
  ARKANSAS NORTH OF AN IDABEL OKLAHOMA...TO ASHDOWN...HOPE...AND
  ROSSTON ARKANSAS LINE. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
  AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. FURTHER SOUTH NEAR THE I-20
  CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS... EXPECT TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
  4 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  AND OUTDOOR CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LOW
  VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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