Winter Storm Warning for Tonight in Texarkana

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Texarkana area for tonight into Thursday morning.Temperatures should be dropping throughout the day and rain should turn to frozen precipitation tonight into early tomorrow. Here is the winter storm warning information from the weather service.

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6
PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* EVENT...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY TO
  SLEET AND SNOW AS COLD AIR ON THE SURFACE AND ALOFT SPREADS
  OVER THE AREA.

* TIMING...WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN IS
  EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO
  SLEET AND THEN SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
  QUARTER OF AN INCH AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE INCH
  WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.