URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
402 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE AREA
FROM 9 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM CST MONDAY...

.PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX ACROSS MOST OF THE
FOUR STATE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AS
VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES FALL
BELOW FREEZING.

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-221015-
/O.NEW.KSHV.WS.A.0002.150223T0300Z-150224T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
402 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* EVENT...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 30 AND A MIX OF MAINLY SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN
  IS EXPECTED BETWEEN INTERSTATE 30 AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
  JACKSONVILLE TEXAS TO FLORIEN LOUISIANA. THROUGH MONDAY
  AFTERNOON...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS HIGH AS TWO
  INCHES ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30. FREEZING RAIN
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE
  QUARTER OF INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 30.

* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 30 AND WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
  HOURS AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY AS TEMPERATURES
  REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.

* IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND ICE MAY CAUSE
  TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON AREA ROADWAYS PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES AND
  OVERPASSES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MAY
  CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AS POWER LINES AND TREES BECOME
  LADEN WITH ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.