The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the Texarkana area which is in effect from late Sunday night through Monday afternoon. An approaching storm will bing cold rain late on Sunday evening which may then transition over to freezing rain by early Monday morning.
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* EVENT… IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT… AN APPROACHING UPPER STORM WILL BRING A COLD RAIN LATE ON SUNDAY AND THEN TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF QUARTER INCH OR MORE.
* TIMING… EXPECT THE FREEZING RAIN BY MIDNIGHT OR VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING… CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO MUCH OF MONDAY.
* IMPACT… ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM A TRACE TO TENTH OF INCH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY NORTH OF THAT CORRIDOR. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN MANY LOCALES AS TREE LIMBS BECOME LADEN WITH ICE. STAY AWAY FROM ANY SUCH DOWNED POWER LINES AND CALL FOR HELP. RESCHEDULE TRAVEL TO AVOID THIS WINTER WEATHER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND THE COMFORT OF ELECTRICITY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THE WATCH AREA COULD CHANGE AND MAY WELL BE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY AS A SECOND COLD FRONT ARRIVES IN THE FOUR STATE AREA.
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… A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY MIDNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 82 FROM CLARKSVILLE TEXAS… TO TEXARKANA AND EL DORADO ARKANSAS…
