Special Weather Statement Issued For Shreveport and Bossier City

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Special Weather Statement that indicates we are about to see Old Man Winter rear his head once again.  Here's a look at what we're in for.

THE MUCH WARMER LATE JANUARY TEMPERATURES THE FOUR STATE REGION EXPERIENCED ON SUNDAY ARE ABOUT TO COME TO A SCREECHING END WITH THE ARRIVAL OF YET ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS POISED TO ENTER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS IS ENTERING THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE MIDDLE RED RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS MONDAY. WITH THIS AIRMASS WILL COME TEMPERATURES SOME 25 TO 30 DEGREES COLDER THAN WHAT WE SAW ON SUNDAY AND NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 20 MPH WITH MUCH HIGHER GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH... MAKING IT FEEL EVEN COLDER. AS A RESULT... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE ENTIRE REGION FROM 6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY MAY REBOUND SLIGHTLY BUT FOR THE MOST PART... EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY ACROSS MOST AREAS.

 

WITH THIS ABRUPT CHANGE IN AIRMASS WILL COME THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN THE FORM OF SOME SLEET AND SNOW BEGINNING LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE FAVORED AREAS TO SEE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW LATE MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA... MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES FOR SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY TUESDAY... AGAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE FOUR STATE REGION... OR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JACKSONVILLE AND CARTHAGE TEXAS... TO MANSFIELD AND COLUMBIA LOUISIANA LINE. MUCH LIKE LATE LAST WEEK... SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION COULD BE EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND AND SAM RAYBURN COUNTRY OF DEEP EAST TEXAS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA BUT THE PROBABILITY OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE GREATER SOUTH OF THE REGION ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY FOR SOME COUNTIES AND PARISHES SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.

 

ANY WINTER PRECIPITATION WE MAY SEE WILL QUICKLY SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WITH CLEARING SKIES ACROSS THE REGION... OUR COLDEST NIGHT APPEARS TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOWER TO MIDDLE TEENS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE THESE FRIGID TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONS NEED TO BE TAKEN TO PREPARE FOR ANOTHER ARCTIC BLAST ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR ANY CHANGES THAT MAY DEVELOP IN THE FORECAST BETWEEN NOW AND TUESDAY.