The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook warning about winter weather conditions across the region this weekend.
According to the outlook a round of freezing rain is expected to develop Saturday night … especially over northeast Texas north of Interstate 20, southwest Arkansas, and extreme southeast Oklahoma. Ice accumulations of up to a tenth of an inch will be possible through sunday morning.
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS…SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS…NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA…
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA…SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA…EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS..DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE
AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF EAST TEXAS SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 20. HOWEVER…NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…
SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF EAST
TEXAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20…BEFORE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE
FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. PATCHY ICE ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT SOUTH OF A NACOGDOCHES
TO HEMPHILL TEXAS LINE SHOULD THIS PRECIPITATION AFFECT THESE
AREAS WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING.ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY
NIGHT…ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
20…SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS…AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. AT THIS
TIME…ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…WITH LIGHTER ICE ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH TO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF EAST TEXAS
EXTENDING EAST INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS
ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES…TREES AND
POWER LINES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…BEFORE
THE ICY THREAT ENDS DURING THE AFTERNOON ONCE TEMPERATURES CLIMB
ABOVE FREEZING. PERIODS OF A COLD RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…BEFORE
DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL AGAIN BE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST.
