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  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.