SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 452 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009

..SCATTERED SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT FOR AREAS MAINLY
SOUTH OF I20...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH A COLD AIRMASS ESTABLISHED
OVER THE REGION...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AREAS OF SNOW TO
DEVELOP...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL BE IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM
DEEP EAST TEXAS...THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...BASICALLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20.
LOCATIONS ALONG A LUFKIN TEXAS...NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA...TO JENA
LOUISIANA LINE...HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT HAVING SOME ACCUMULATION
OF SNOW...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE.
FLURRIES AND SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND JUST NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 20.
THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE SNOWFALL...AS WELL AS EXPECTED
ACCUMULATIONS MAY CHANGE. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.
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05

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 356 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 900 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009

...AN EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING...
.ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SINK SOUTH INTO THE REGION THIS
MORNING...AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL
SHIFT EAST ACROSS TEXAS AND THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. AREAS
OF LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS AND
WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID-AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND
WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY END
FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AS THE DISTURBANCE EXITS THE REGION.
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SABINE LA-CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANY...RUSK...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...
LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
356 AM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO DEEP
EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID-AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF A
JACKSONVILLE AND CENTER TEXAS...TO CONVERSE LOUISIANA LINE...WITH
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH TO ISOLATED TWO INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH
OF A NACOGDOCHES AND SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS...TO MANY LOUISIANA LINE.
THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS EVENING.
TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL BELOW FREEZING.
A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR ON ELEVATED ROAD
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND
COULD FREEZE INTO BLACK ICE OVERNIGHT...MAKING TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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