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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 22, 2015, 9:42 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; 11 parishes in Louisiana; 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2015, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr. 30 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2015, 9:42 PM CST (03:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2015, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
All 31 counties
Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 9:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 6 N Lewisville, AR | MODERATE SLEET JUST STARTING TO ACCUMULATE |
| Feb 23, 9:30 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Marshall, TX | MODERATE SLEET FOR ABOUT 10 MINS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN ELECATED SURFACES SO FAR. |
| Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST | SLEET 1 | 1 Wnw White Oak, TX | SLEET HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER 2 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 12:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 3 Wsw Lindale, TX | |
| Feb 23, 12:30 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 6 Ssw Noonday, TX | MEASURED AT EMERALD BAY GOLF COURSE |
| Feb 23, 1:00 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 3 Ene Longview, TX | ROADS ARE COVERED IN SLEET. SLEETING FOR ALMOST 4 HOURS. |
| Feb 23, 1:15 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 2 Ene Blanchard, LA | HEAVY SLEET AT TIMES SOMETIMES MIXED WITH SNOW. |
| Feb 23, 1:50 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 5 W Tyler, TX | |
| Feb 23, 2:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.4 | 2 Ne Monroe, LA | |
| Feb 23, 2:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 8 Se Shreveport, LA | ALONG ELLERBE RD IN SE SHREVEPORT |
| Feb 23, 2:00 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 5 Sse Shreveport, LA | |
| Feb 23, 3:15 PM CST | SLEET 1.3 | Ne Ringgold, LA | SLEET STILL FALLING |
| Feb 23, 4:15 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 3 N Longview, TX | TOTAL 6 HOUR SLEET ACCUMULATION |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 13 Ese Quitman, TX | SLEET WAS MEASURED BY A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN THE COMMUNITY OF HOLLY LAKE RANCH. |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 10 E Gilmer, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER MEASURED 0.10 FREEZING RAIN AND 0.5 INCHES OF SLEET...2 MILES WEST OF DIANA TEXAS |
| Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Jefferson, TX | |
| Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.4 | 5 E Benton, LA | |
| Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST | SLEET 1.4 | 1 W Hallsville, TX | |
| Feb 23, 9:00 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 4 Se Bossier City, LA | SLEET WAS MEASURED FROM A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN THE COMMUNITY OF TAYLORTOWN. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 10 E Gilmer, TX | SLEET ACCUMULATION MEASURED IN THE COMMUNITY OF DIANA. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Texarkana, AR | SLEET WAS MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WHICH LIGHTLY COATED GRASSY SURFACES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE ICED OVER. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.4 | 6 Nw Henderson, TX | SLEET MEASURED NORTHWEST OF HENDERSON. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Arcadia, LA | |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.6 | Ruston, LA | STREETS AND GRASSY SURFACES COVERED IN SLEET |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.7 | Monroe, LA | STREETS AND GRASSY SURFACES COVERED IN SLEET NEAR DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.9 | 6 N Hallsville, TX | STREETS AND GRASSY SURFACES COVERED IN SLEET. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Jamestown, LA | |
| Feb 23, 11:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 1 N Homer, LA | |
| Feb 23, 11:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.4 | Farmerville, LA | |
| Feb 23, 11:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.8 | 3 Wsw Shreveport, LA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 515 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
602 WWUS44 KSHV 230342 WSWSHV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 942 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 ARZ070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138- 149>151-231145- /O.CAN.KSHV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSHV.WS.W.0003.150223T1000Z-150224T0000Z/ MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER- CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON- OUACHITA-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION- SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA... EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON... FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO... MONROE...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG... DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER... LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE 942 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...RAIN WILL BECOME FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT... TRANSITIONING TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MONDAY. * IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND ICE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON AREA ROADWAYS PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF MORE MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AS POWER LINES AND TREES BECOME LADEN WITH ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA MAY BECOME ICY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. && $$ LAZ017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-230445- /O.CAN.KSHV.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150224T0000Z/ SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-NACOGDOCHES- SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD... COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN... SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL 942 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEEP EAST TEXAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR MONDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME AMOUNTS LOOK TOO LOW TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY. $$ ARZ050-051-059>061-OKZ077-231145- /O.CON.KSHV.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150224T0000Z/ SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MCCURTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...IDABEL 942 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * EVENT...ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OR SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. * IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
209 WWUS44 KSHV 230955 WSWSHV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 355 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ARZ073-LAZ004>006-010>014-TXZ149>151-232000- /O.CAN.KSHV.WS.W.0003.150223T1000Z-150224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSHV.WW.Y.0004.150223T1200Z-150224T0300Z/ UNION AR-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE- JACKSON-OUACHITA-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...HOMER...RUSTON... FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO... MONROE...RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE 355 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS PRECIPITATION TO BE MOVING INTO THE REGION BY LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING THIS MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. * IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN... MIXING WITH SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ050-051-059>061-OKZ077-232000- /O.CAN.KSHV.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSHV.WW.Y.0004.150223T1200Z-150224T0300Z/ SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MCCURTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...IDABEL 355 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WHICH IS 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. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS PRECIPITATION TO BE MOVING INTO THE REGION BY EARLY TO MID MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING THIS MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. * 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. 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. && $$ ARZ070>072-LAZ001>003-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-232000- /O.EXT.KSHV.WS.W.0003.150223T1200Z-150224T0300Z/ MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-RED RIVER-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON... MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN... GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL 355 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH SOME SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH HIGHER SLEET TOTALS TO NEAR ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN MOVING INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS BY EARLY TO MID MORNING... WITH THE PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING AND ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL FURTHER INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON MAINLY ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. HEAVIER SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS COULD RESULT IN SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS BECOMING SLIPPERY AS WELL. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES WHICH COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME ICY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-232000- /O.NEW.KSHV.WW.Y.0004.150223T1200Z-150224T0300Z/ SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-NACOGDOCHES- SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD... COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN... SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL 355 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TODAY INTO 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 BY EARLY TO MID MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. * IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN... MIXING WITH SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 13
026 WWUS44 KSHV 231015 WSWSHV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 415 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ARZ070>072-LAZ001>003-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-232000- /O.CON.KSHV.WS.W.0003.150223T1200Z-150224T0300Z/ MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-RED RIVER-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON... MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN... GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL 415 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH SOME SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH HIGHER SLEET TOTALS TO NEAR ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN MOVING INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS BY EARLY TO MID MORNING... WITH THE PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING AND ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS... EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL FURTHER INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON MAINLY ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. HEAVIER SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS COULD RESULT IN SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS BECOMING SLIPPERY AS WELL. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES WHICH COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME ICY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ050-051-059>061-073-LAZ004>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ149>153-165>167-232000- /O.CON.KSHV.WW.Y.0004.150223T1200Z-150224T0300Z/ SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-UNION AR-CLAIBORNE- LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA- SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...EL DORADO...HOMER...RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD... COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE...MANY... NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA...IDABEL... RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN... SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL 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. && $$ 13
496 WWUS44 KSHV 231803 WSWSHV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1203 PM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ARZ070>072-LAZ001>003-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-232215- /O.CON.KSHV.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150224T0300Z/ MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-RED RIVER-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON... MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN... GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL 1203 PM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH SOME SNOW POSSIBLE...TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON MAINLY ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME ICY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ050-051-059>061-073-LAZ004>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ149>153-165>167-232215- /O.CON.KSHV.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150224T0300Z/ SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-UNION AR-CLAIBORNE- LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA- SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...EL DORADO...HOMER...RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD... COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE...MANY... NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA...IDABEL... RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN... SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL 1203 PM 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 REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 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 TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN TO TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. 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. && $$
298 WWUS44 KSHV 232005 WSWSHV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 205 PM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ARZ070>072-LAZ001>003-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-240600- /O.EXT.KSHV.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150224T0600Z/ MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-RED RIVER-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON... MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN... GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL 205 PM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH SOME SNOW POSSIBLE...TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR ONE HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY AND COVERAGE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON MAINLY ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME ICY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ050-051-059>061-073-LAZ004>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ149>153-165>167-240600- /O.EXT.KSHV.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150224T0600Z/ SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-UNION AR-CLAIBORNE- LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA- SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...EL DORADO...HOMER...RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD... COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE...MANY... NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA...IDABEL... RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN... SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL 205 PM CST MON FEB 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EVENT...ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OR SNOW REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 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 MIDNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. RAIN TO TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * 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. 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. && $$ 05
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 22, 6:35 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:35 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
635 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015
.AVIATION...
LIGHT TO MOD RA OVER THE ARKLATEX AS LIQUID ONLY. MVFR/IFR CIGS
AND VSBY. OUR SFC WINDS ARE N/NE 10-20 KTS. ALOFT...WE ARE NE
10-25KTS TO 3KFT...THEN QUICKLY VEER TO SW 20-40KTS ON ASCENT AND
ARE W 50KTS BY FL200. LL FREEZING TEMPS AT 2.2-3.1 KFT AND NOT
AGAIN UNTIL 10.5KFT WITH SATURATION TO 12.5KFT 2KFT LAYER OF
ICING. SFC...EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF RA/FZRA/PL AND THEN SN LATE
THIS CYCLE FROM N TO S. WINTRY MIX OF RAPL TO FZRA 09-15Z AND IP
18-21Z. COLD AIR DEEPENS AND MIX BECOMES ALL SN FM N TO S LATE.
IFR/LIFR IS THE OUTLOOK IS FOR MORE SN LATE TUES INTO WED.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 259 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015/
DISCUSSION...
RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES
HOLDING STEADY IN THE LOW TO MID 40S AREAWIDE. AS COLD HIGH
PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SURGE SOUTH...WINDS TO INCREASE AREAWIDE
OVERNIGHT. PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA TO
EXPERIENCE NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HENCE
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES POSTED TO THE NORTH AND
SOUTH. RAINFALL TONIGHT TO TRANSITION INTO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS
THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR DURING THE MID-EVENING HOURS. AS COLD
AIR DEEPENS SOUTHWARD...RAIN TO TRANSITION INTO SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY DAYBREAK
MONDAY...SHOULD SEE RAIN TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS
DEEP EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN
AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY...ALLOWING FOR ALL
PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS A WINTRY MIX. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST CONCERNING THIS EVENT...HOWEVER UNCERTAINTY REMAINS
CONCERNING EXACT TOTALS REGARDING SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND
SNOWFALL. THIS UNCERTAINTY EXISTS DUE TO THE FACT THAT
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MANY
AREAS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE EVENT. IN THESE
SITUATIONS...A VARIATION OF A COUPLE OF DEGREES COULD MEAN THE
DIFFERENCE FROM A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT TO JUST COLD RAIN.
THAT BEING SAID...SHOULD THIS EVENT EVOLVE INTO A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT...THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS FROM MODEL
DATA THAT THE POSTED ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED INTO MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND
WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING
EXTENSIONS UNTIL A LATER TIME.
ASIDE FROM ACTUAL WINTER PRECIPITATION...ANOTHER CONCERN THAT NEEDS
TO BE NOTED REGARDING THIS EVENT IS THAT MOST OF THE REGION WILL
EXPERIENCE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW
FREEZING...THE DURATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE
PROBLEMATIC FOR EXPOSED PIPES...PETS...AND TENDER VEGETATION.
OTHERWISE...A SERIES OF REINFORCING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO
MAINTAIN COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. /05/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 30 31 26 39 32 / 80 80 60 30 20
MLU 29 30 26 38 31 / 80 80 60 30 30
DEQ 28 29 23 38 28 / 80 80 50 20 0
TXK 27 28 24 37 30 / 80 80 50 20 0
ELD 25 28 23 37 30 / 80 80 60 30 0
TYR 31 31 26 39 30 / 80 80 60 30 0
GGG 31 31 26 39 31 / 80 80 60 30 0
LFK 32 32 30 41 34 / 80 80 60 40 30
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARZ071>073.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ070>073.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ017>022.
OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ152-153-165>167.
&&
24/05Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 11:43 AM CST, 9 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1143 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 ARZ050-051-059>061-OKZ077-231745- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MCCURTAIN- 1143 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY. JUST A COLD RAIN IS ALL THAT IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. SLEET AND SNOW SHOULD BECOME THE PREDOMINANT TYPE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SLEET AND SNOW WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY AND COULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AS WELL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. ANY REMAINING SNOW AND OR SLEET MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD BE MINIMAL AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ARZ070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138- 149>151-231745- MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER- CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON- OUACHITA-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION- SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- 1143 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY. JUST A COLD RAIN IS ALL THAT IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE MAINLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD TRANSITION OVER TO JUST SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE DAY MONDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. FURTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD BE MINIMAL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. LAZ017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-231745- SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-NACOGDOCHES- SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1143 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY. JUST A COLD RAIN IS ALL THAT IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... THE RAIN COULD TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. ANY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... PERIODS OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD BE MINIMAL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:55 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier, Union | 20 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia | 38 days |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Louisiana, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2015Every winter storm warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.