Winter Storm Warning for Texarkana

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Texarkana area. This warning means it is likely that precipitation will tonight transition from rain to a mix of ice and perhaps snow for some of the four state's region, including Texarkana, as arctic air moves in and temperatures fall below freezing.

Here's the short-term forecast:

• Sunday -- Rain likely, mainly afternoon. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Northeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.
• Sunday night - Rain and sleet before midnight, then freezing rain and sleet. Low around 28. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
• Monday - Snow and sleet, becoming all snow after noon. High near 28. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Monday Night - A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
SUN FEB 22 2015

WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING  FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM 9 PM TONIGHT UNTIL
6 PM MONDAY

PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX ACROSS MOST OF THE
FOUR STATE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AS
VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES FALL
BELOW FREEZING.

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
442 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2015

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* EVENT...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 AS WELL AS PORTIONS
  OF 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 OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND
  SLEET DURING THE DAY MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
  TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN
  INCH EXPECTED ON MONDAY.

* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIP ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NORTHEAST
  TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS
  LATE THIS EVENING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY
  MONDAY. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
  AND THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...WINTER
  PRECIPITATION MAY WAIT UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...CONTINUING
  THROUGH THE DAY 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 VERY HAZARDOUS.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY
HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS
AN EMERGENCY.