Everyone, See email below. This is just a quick summary from the NWS on what is coming our way. I will have the regular conference call on Thursday at 10 am and I will have more details then. I have highlighted two areas that apply to us in central La. thanks, Geaux Green! Please consider the environment before printing this email. Harry Foster 318-628-1160 office 318-727-3112 fax facebook/winnparishofficeofemergencypreparedness winnparish.org Winn Parish Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP) Louisiana Emergency Manager (LEM) Board Member Region Six LERN (Louisiana Emergency Response Network) Board Member CLHSD (Central Louisiana Human Service District) Board Member Winn Parish Communications District (911) This e-mail message may contain privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information intended only for the person(s) named. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, and any attachments, and notify the sender by return e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, disclosure or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Upcoming Winter Storm across the Four State Region (Corrected for Graphic) From: Date: Wed, December 04, 2013 11:11 am To: On 12/4/2013 10:56 AM, > EVERYONE... > > A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING...MAKING A PUSH INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TOWARDS DAWN THURSDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING AN END TO THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OUR REGION HAS EXPERIENCED THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR SOME RAIN BEHIND THE > FRONT LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. DESPITE THE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT. > > THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME VERY REAL HOWEVER BEGINNING AS EARLY AS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DROP BELOW FREEZING BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS (MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MINEOLA...MOUNT PLEASANT...DEKALB TEXAS...TO ASHDOWN AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS LINE). WITH RAIN INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT...THE SHALLOW NATURE OF THE SUBFREEZING AIRMASS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN. THIS THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY SHIFT SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND WILL BE VERY TRICKY AS THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT AT LEAST PORTIONS OF OUR REGION COULD SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS UPCOMING WINTER STORM. OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENCE IN JUST A COUPLE DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF THE FREEZING MARK WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN JUST A VERY COLD RAIN OF SIGNIFICANT ICING CONDITIONS. > > THE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES OUR REGION HAS EXPERIENCED THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS ALLOWED OUR SOIL TEMPERATURES TO WARM AS WELL. THIS IS GOOD NEWS AS THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH ANY FREEZING RAIN OUR REGION EXPERIENCES WILL BE WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS ELEVATED STRUCTURES SUCH AS BRIDGES, OVERPASSES AS WELL AS LIMBS AND POWERLINES. THIS COULD CHANGE HOWEVER WHERE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE FELT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...AGAIN NEAR AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE DEPENDING ON JUST HOW MUCH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATES...SECONDARY ROADWAYS COULD BEGIN TO FREEZE UP AS WELL. > > WINTER STORM WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE WATCHES/WARNINGS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING AND LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL WINTER STORM WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FURTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. > > PLEASE CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT IN THIS EMAIL TO SEE THE NECESSARY GRAPHIC. > > ALL THIS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THURSDAY MORNINGS WEBINAR SO MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND THE SESSION TO SEE THE LATEST CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS UPCOMING WINTER STORM ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:25:00 +0000
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