Flood Warning
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1028 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXC159-343-387-449-041240-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150304T1240Z/
/TLCT2.1.ER.150303T0043Z.150303T0845Z.150303T1840Z.NO/
1028 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...The flood warning extended until Wednesday morning...The flood
warning continues for
the Sulphur River Below Talco Texas.
* until Wednesday morning...or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 915 AM Tuesday the stage was 20.2 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 20 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
this Tuesday afternoon. Also the Sulphur River near Talco Texas
crested at 20.5 feet during the early wee hours of this Tuesday
morning.
* Impact...at 20.0 feet...Expect minor lowland flooding of the heavily
wooded floodplain. Ranchers that may have cattle and equipment in
the river bottoms should move them to higher ground.
&&
LAT...LON 3338 9530 3341 9488 3331 9466 3326 9466 3331 9478
$$
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1028 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXC037-067-343-041628-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150308T0000Z/
/NAPT2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.150303T1310Z.150306T1200Z.NO/
1028 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
The flood warning continues for
the Sulphur River Near Naples Texas.
* until Saturday evening...or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 710 AM Tuesday the stage was 24.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 22 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
Friday morning. Also the Sulphur River near Naples Texas is cresting
as of this Tuesday morning near 24 feet.
* Impact...at 24.0 feet...Minor lowland flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 9466 3328 9456 3330 9447 3324 9462 3326 9466
$$
Dense Fog Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
958 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...DENSE FOG EXPECTED INTO LATE THIS MORNING...
.DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF A WEAKENING WARM FRONT LIFTING
OUT OF THE GULF. SEA FOG WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST FLOW. THIS
FOG WILL LIFT BY MIDDAY AND WILL LIKELY RETURN TONIGHT.
LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180-201-216-259>262-031800-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150303T1800Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-
HARDIN-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...
MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...
OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH...
LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...
BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...
LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER...
KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
958 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WHEN VISIBILITIES CHANGE QUICKLY OVER
A SHORT DISTANCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
&&
$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
943 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ171>173-184>194-205>209-221>225-031800-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150303T1800Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-
KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-
CALDWELL-FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...
FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
943 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
* VISIBILITY...1/4 OF A MILE OR LESS IN SOME AREAS.
* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
&&
$$
JR
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
305 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-014-OKZ077-TXZ097-112-
031715-
/O.NEW.KSHV.WS.A.0004.150304T2100Z-150305T1200Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-OUACHITA-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MONROE...IDABEL...ATLANTA
305 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* EVENT...TEMPERATURES TO FALL RAPIDLY AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LINGERING
PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE COLD AIRMASS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO
FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY TO SLEET AND SNOW CAUSING HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
* TIMING...WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS FOLLOWED BY A
TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
* IMPACT...MAIN THREAT WILL BE FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF UP
TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WHICH WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
$$
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
730 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031800-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...
CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...
KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...
ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...
CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...
HOLDENVILLE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...
LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...
WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...
MADILL...DURANT...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...
WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...
HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
730 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...VERY COLD AIR
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. A SERIES OF UPPER STORM SYSTEMS WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...BRINGING WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW...FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH...AS THE COLD AIRMASS DEEPENS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. CURRENT FORECAST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHERN... CENTRAL... AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AN ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A GLAZE TO AROUND FIFTEEN
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. THERE ARE STILL SOME QUESTIONS WHERE THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL OCCUR AND JUST HOW MUCH THAT WILL BE
BUT SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SEEM LIKELY ACROSS
PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY AS DETAILS
REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL LIKELY CHANGE... WITH
ADVISORIES AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS BEING ISSUED. FOLLOW NWS NORMAN
ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK...AND MONITOR OUR YOU TUBE CHANNEL FOR
VIDEO BRIEFINGS.
$$
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
623 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ021>044-032200-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...FARWELL...DIMMITT...
HART...TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS...
MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...CEDAR HILL...
MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...MORTON...
LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...RALLS...CROSBYTON...LORENZO...SPUR...
DICKENS...DUMONT...FINNEY...GROW...GUTHRIE...DENVER CITY...
PLAINS...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...O`DONNELL...GRAHAM...POST...
JAYTON...ASPERMONT
623 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINTRY WEATHER WILL RETURN TO WEST TEXAS
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
AFTER A SHORT RELIEF FROM COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINTER WEATHER
TODAY...ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT THEIR WARMEST TOMORROW
MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WILL DROP INTO THE MID TEENS TO
LOWER 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON TOMORROW. 20 TO 25 MPH WINDS BEHIND
THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDCHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES. IN ADDITION TO COLDER TEMPERATURES...WINTRY PRECIPITATION
WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW IS POSSIBLE STARTING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND IS EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...
SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3-4
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT BUT THERE REMAINS
SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW MUCH SNOW MAY FALL. THE SNOW WILL MOVE
OUT OF THE REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
INTO THE UPPER 30S BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE
TRAVELING DIFFICULT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION TOMORROW MORNING
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ACROSS
THE AREA ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER ADVISORIES.
$$
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
607 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-032100-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART
607 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
ANOTHER STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PLUNGE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL
AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE HILL COUNTRY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND SPREAD
TO NEAR HIGHWAY 90 OR NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO
GIDDINGS LINE BY THURSDAY MORNING. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX
WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND THEN
TRANSITION TO A SLEET AND SNOW MIX BY THURSDAY MORNING FOR AREAS
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90. AREAS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG THE I-35
CORRIDOR NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCES OF
ACCUMULATING ICE WITH IMPACTS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE
FREEZING BY MIDDAY ON THURSDAY WITH ANY REMAINING PRECIPITATION
BEING ALL RAIN.
THOSE RESIDING IN OR VISITING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR
THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND UPDATES REGARDING THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
$$
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
448 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-032115-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...
BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...
KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...
EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...CISCO...EASTLAND...
RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
448 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX...MOST
LIKELY TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY
THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION.
* LOCATION...ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS IS LIKELY TO SEE AT
LEAST SOME LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION DURING THIS EVENT.
* TIMING...WE EXPECT RAIN TO TRANSITION OVER TO A WINTRY MIX
BEGINNING ALONG THE RED RIVER BY MID-MORNING WEDNESDAY
...ACROSS THE METROPLEX SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY AND AROUND
WACO/KILLEEN/PALESTINE BY SUNSET.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH SOME SNOW
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATION AND IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT
THIS TIME...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IT WOULD TAKE LITTLE TO PRODUCE
DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS AND SOME TRAVEL DELAYS BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* ALTERNATE SCENARIOS...THE AMOUNT AND DURATION OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION DEPEND ON HOW FAST COLD AIR MOVES INTO PLACE ON
WEDNESDAY. THE EARLIER THE COLD AIR IS HERE...THE MORE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WE CAN EXPECT. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED
MAY CHANGE IN LATER FORECASTS.
PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR
WINTER WEATHER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
$$
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
446 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-032200-
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...
HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...
PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...
SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU
446 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...MORE WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...
AFTER A RATHER MILD TUESDAY...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE
REGION AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND EVENTUALLY TO
MOSTLY SNOW AND SLEET BY WEDNESDAY. THIS TRANSITION WILL OCCUR
LATER ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...MAINLY
FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING.
THE CURRENT SNOWFALL FORECAST IS CALLING FOR THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHERE AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY
OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY OF WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS AREA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING LATER TODAY.
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY SEE SOME LIGHT ICING TUESDAY
NIGHT...AND AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET BY WEDNESDAY.
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA COULD SEE AROUND A TENTH OR TWO OF ICING ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW BY LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER
EVENT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED AS THE
DEVELOPING SITUATION BECOMES A BIT MORE CLEAR.
$$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1002 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041200-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
1002 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...
AND ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. BEHIND THE
FRONT...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A
TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION
COMES TO AN END THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS TO TRAVEL WILL BE
POSSIBLE ANYWHERE WINTRY PRECIPITATION FALLS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
$$
25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
958 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-041100-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
958 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH NOON. WITH THE FOG AND
DRIZZLE USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH NOON. FOG
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AND
LIFT AROUND NOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AND BRING
THE POSSIBILITY OF A WINTRY MIX WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NOON ON
THURSDAY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS. SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A PANDALE TO
BOERNE TO LAKEWAY TO TAYLOR LINE. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE
UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON THIS
DEVELOPING SCENARIO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY
THURSDAY FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
902 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-041515-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
902 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS
ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT.
HOWEVER...THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
$$
JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
650 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
041300-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-
NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
650 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
DENSE FOG THIS MORNING AS A WEAK WARM FRONT LIFTS THROUGH. THERE
COULD BE ADDITIONAL DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
190.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IT NOW LOOKS POSSIBLE FOR SUFFICIENTLY COLD AIR TO MOVE INTO
PLACE FOR A WINTRY MIX. UPDATED THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE THAT
WINTRY MIX LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING FROM THE
LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HUNDREDTH OF INCH LOOKS
POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR WINTRY PRECIP ACCUMULATION REPORTS.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
635 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-041245-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-
LIBERTY-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
635 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THE
MORNING. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO EVENING...WINDY AND MUCH COLDER BEHIND THIS
BOUNDARY. WIND ADVISORIES MIGHT BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE
FORECAST AREA. IF ENOUGH MOISTURE LINGERS AND TEMPERATURES GET
COLD ENOUGH... A RAIN AND SLEET MIX COULD DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...OR NORTH OF A LINE FRONT FROM COLLEGE
STATION TO HUNTSVILLE TO LIVINGSTON. IMPACTS FROM ANY WINTRY MIX
WILL BE LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS CURRENTLY NOT REQUIRED.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
609 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ021>044-041215-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
609 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND MAY BE
DENSE AT TIMES MAINLY ON THE CAPROCK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WINTER WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AS ANOTHER
STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. A MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAY DEVELOP BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 1 TO 2
INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...WIND CHILL VALUES
NEAR OR BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
543 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
LAZ010>013-017>022-TXZ096-108>111-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-
041145-
DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD-UPSHUR-
MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-
SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
543 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND
TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT TONIGHT. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY MORNING TO BE REPLACED BY
TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. ONGOING RAIN MAY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
BEFORE ENDING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH MAY BE
POSSIBLE. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY
MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
543 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-014-OKZ077-TXZ097-112-
041145-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-OUACHITA-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-CASS-
543 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
ONGOING RAIN MAY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
BEFORE ENDING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS A QUARTER OF AN INCH
MAY BE POSSIBLE. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ON
THURSDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
$$
05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
500 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031800-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
500 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN...
WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
.REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AREAS OF FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR TUESDAY
MORNING. VISIBILITES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GREATER THAN 1/2 MILE.
.THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR TUESDAY EVENING
SOUTH OF ATOKA AND TISHOMINGO. THE MAIN CONCERN WOULD BE CLOUD-TO-
GROUND LIGHTNING.
.WINTER WEATHER...A MIX OF FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 1 INCH. FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A LIGHT GLAZE ON ALL EXPOSED
SURFACES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
.WINTER WEATHER... A MIX OF FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE MOST OF WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LESS THAN 3 INCHES...BUT SMALL AREAS OF WESTERN OR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
COULD SEE SLIGHTLY MORE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA MAY APPROACH .15 INCH. TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.
GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW
OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
506 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041115-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
506 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...AFTER 3 AM.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN LATER PERIODS.
ICE ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...AFTER MIDNIGHT .
POOR VISIBILITY.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ONSET...ONGOING
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
WINTRY WEATHER IS SET TO RETURN LATER TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...AN INITIAL WINTRY MIX WILL
TRANSLATE SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
LIMITED AS THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN IN THE THE INITIAL STAGES OF
THE COLD AIR PUSH OVERNIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE COLDER AIR WILL OVERTAKE THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY...WITH ALL
AREAS WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TRANSITIONING OT ALL SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY.
DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO SNOW...ICE ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL
ALSO EXISTS...,MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS. MOSTLY SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
WEDNESDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. THE HIGHEST SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE
CURRENTLY FORECAST ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH OFF TO THE EAST LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY...AND WILL LEAVE A PERIOD OF SETTLED...AND WARMER
WEATHER IN ITS WAKE.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATEST FORECASTS AS PRECIPITATION TYPES AND
AMOUNTS ARE REFINED AS THE EVENT DRAWS CLOSER.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
$$
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1013 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-031759-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHDOWN...ATLANTA...BIENVILLE...
BOSSIER CITY...CARTHAGE...CENTER...CLARKSVILLE...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
COUSHATTA...DAINGERFIELD...DE QUEEN...EL DORADO...FARMERVILLE...
GILMER...HEMPHILL...HENDERSON...HOMER...HOPE...IDABEL...JEFFERSON...
JENA...JONESBORO...LEWISVILLE...LONGVIEW...LUFKIN...MAGNOLIA...
MANSFIELD...MANY...MARSHALL...MINDEN...MONROE...MT PLEASANT...
MT VERNON...NACOGDOCHES...NASHVILLE...NATCHITOCHES...NEW BOSTON...
PITTSBURG...PRESCOTT...QUITMAN...RUSK...RUSTON...SAN AUGUSTINE...
SHREVEPORT...TEXARKANA...TYLER...WINNFIELD
1013 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
.NOW...
DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO IMPROVE IN MOST LOCALES...BUT
WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY IS STILL ONLY A HALF MILE TO MILE ON AVERAGE.
RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER EXTREME DEEP EAST TEXAS...TODELO
BEND COUNTRY...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EVEN SOME
OF SOUTH ARKANSAS...ALL MOVING NORTH...NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO LOOSEN UP THE REMAINING DENSE FOG. LATE MORNING COMMUTERS
SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...KEEP HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM AND
ALLOW A LITTLE EXTRA TRAVEL TIME FOR SLOWER TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION...
WHICH WILL PERSIST UNTIL LUNCHTIME.
$$
24
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1012 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031900-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
1012 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
.NOW...
AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL TEXAS AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PATCHY
DENSE FOG WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR. VISIBILITY IN SOME LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY FALL BELOW 1/4
OF A MILE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THIS REGION SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION...SLOW DOWN...AND USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS IF
DENSE FOG IS ENCOUNTERED.
OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 40S
AND LOW 50S THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHEN.
$$
15-BAIN
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
958 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031800-
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
958 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
.NOW...
AT 9:58 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS...ALONG WITH
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...INDICATED SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN AND AREAS OF
DRIZZLE SPREADING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MOST OF
THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO
WESTERN ARKANSAS. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST...AROUND 35 MILES PER HOUR.
THROUGH 12:00 PM...AREAS OF DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL
REMAIN VERY LIGHT...WITH BETWEEN A TRACE...TO A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS
OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN WELL ABOVE
FREEZING TODAY...SO THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN LIQUID WITH NO
ICING POTENTIAL.
$$
16
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
954 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
TXZ171>173-184>194-205>209-221>225-031800-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-
KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-
CALDWELL-FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...
FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
954 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
.NOW...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
WIDESPREAD FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. VISIBILITIES WILL RANGE
FROM A COUPLE MILES DOWN TO LESS THAN A MILE. SOME AREAS WILL SEE
VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILE. EXERCISE GREAT CAUTION AS YOU
TRAVEL LATE THIS MORNING AND ENCOUNTER DENSE FOG. IN
ADDITION...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
THE HILL COUNTRY AND LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...AMOUNTING FROM A TRACE
TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.
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