SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 259 PM CST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 800 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009

...SNOW EXPECTED FRIDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION ON
FRIDAY. WITH A COLD AIRMASS ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION...THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AREAS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS ON FRIDAY.
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL BE IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM
DEEP EAST TEXAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA BASICALLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON FRIDAY.
LOCATIONS ALONG A LUFKIN TEXAS...NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA...JENA LOUISIANA LINE
HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT WITNESSING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...WITH UP
TO AN INCH POSSIBLE.
FLURRIES AND SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 TO AN EL DORADO ARKANSAS...ATLANTA TEXAS...QUITMAN
TEXAS LINE.
THIS EVENT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE
SNOWFALL...AS WELL AS EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS MAY CHANGE OVER THE
COMING DAYS. PLEASE KEEP UPDATED WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ANY
POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 242 PM CST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
PATCHY COLD RAIN WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING
AT SOME LOCATIONS. DESPITE AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S.
AS WINDS DIMINISH...AND SKIES BECOME CLEAR OVERNIGHT...AIR
TEMPERATURES MAY FALL TO THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY EVENING...POTENTIALLY BRINGING SOME PRECIPITATION TO THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION. WITH A VERY COLD AIR MASS IN
PLACE...ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DOES FALL WILL LIKELY BE IN THE
FORM OF SNOW. VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME...AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO A LIGHT DUSTING FOR MOST AREAS.
HOWEVER...A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS CANNOT
BE RULED OUT...PARTICULARLY IN THE LUFKIN AREA. THIS PRECIPITATION
WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
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FREEZE WARNING
Issue Date: 434 AM CST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 800 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS LAKE
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. BY THIS AFTERNOON...ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING IN...BRINGING CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT
WINDS...AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DIP INTO THE LOWER 30S BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING SOON AFTER SUNRISE.
ADDITIONALLY...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST...WILL PROVIDE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS PARTS OF EAST TEXAS...AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 30 AT TIMES...BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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