Winter Storm Watch Issued for Texarkana Wednesday Afternoon
The ever-evolving weather forecast now calls for a chance of accumulating frozen precipitation for Wednesday evening into Thursday morning across our area.The forecast has prompted the National Weather Service to issue the following statement:
WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... 305 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EVENT...TEMPERATURES TO FALL RAPIDLY AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LINGERING PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE COLD AIRMASS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY TO SLEET AND SNOW CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * TIMING...WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACT...MAIN THREAT WILL BE FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WHICH WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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.