Douglassville, TX Weather Warnings

WINTER STORM WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

332 AM CDT SUN MAR 21 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. AREAS OF SNOW CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND STREAM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND FOUR TO FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A MINEOLA...PITTSBURG...AND AVINGER TEXAS LINE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING AS THE SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THUS... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR MAINLY ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER...PATCHY ICE MAY DEVELOP ON SOME BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR ISOLATED SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AS WINDS GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$

LAKE WIND ADVISORY

Warning Issue Date:

313 AM CDT SUN MAR 21 2010

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET AS THIS STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ 05