NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

415 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* EVENT...ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
  ARKANSAS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OR SNOW WILL
  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  NEAR ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS LESS
  THAN ONE HALF INCH. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY
  LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

  ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS PORTIONS
  OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
  RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
  FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY
  LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL
  AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS
  PRECIPITATION TO BE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
  OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY TO MID
  MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO NORTHERN
  LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY MID TO LATE MORNING.
  TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING ALREADY THIS MORNING.
  ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE
  FALLING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...TO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 FOR THE SOUTHERN
  HALF OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

* IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY
  CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
  ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AS WELL. SOME
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR...MAINLY ACROSS
  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...
SLEET AND SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.