LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.
BEHIND THIS FRONT THE AREA WILL SEE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
WHICH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WESTERLY
TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE 20
MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
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.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...
LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND SEVIER. IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
BOSSIER...CADDO AND DE SOTO. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK...
SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD.
* UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE FOUR STATE REGION
EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS IS PROVIDING TRAINING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. A COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO TRIGGER
A SQUALL LINE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS...AND LEAVING THIS AREA BY DAYBREAK. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THESE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL COMBINE WITH RAIN RECEIVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 449 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF EXTREME
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3
PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION
TODAY...BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS MORNING...REACHING THE MIDDLE
30S THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THIS AREA WILL
BEGIN TO SEE AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO
EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY
AT TIMES...WITH AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE
WARNING AREA...WHICH GENERALLY EXTENDS FROM NASHVILLE ARKANSAS TO
CLARKSVILLE TEXAS.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS COMBINED
WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND PERIODS
OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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