Hard Freeze Warning is in effect through Noon on Tuesday across
the entire Four State Region...
...Wind Chill Advisory is in effect through Noon on Tuesday across
the entire Four State Region...
While the winter precipitation begins to wind down tonight across
the Four State Region, bitterly cold temperatures and dangerous
wind chill temperatures will be felt areawide overnight. Look for
low temperatures tonight in the single digits near and north of
the I-30 Corridor of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and
Southwest Arkansas, with low temperatures ranging from near 10
degrees to the middle teens across the remainder of Northeast
Texas, Northern Louisiana and South Central Arkansas. Combine
these temperatures with strong northerly winds near 10 to 15 mph
with higher gusts and wind chill values will fall to near 5
degrees below zero across portions of Southeast Oklahoma and
Southwest Arkansas to near zero to the lower single digits further
south near the I-20 Corridor of Northeast Texas and Northern
Louisiana and points south of the corridor tonight.
Temperatures across much of the Four State Region may not climb above
freezing until midday Wednesday. This means that much of the ice
and snow covered road surfaces will remain covered through at
least the first half of Wednesday. Hazardous driving conditions
will continue through at least Wednesday Morning across much of
the region as a result. If melting is observed across portions of
the region on Tuesday, then that melt on road surfaces will
rapidly refreeze after sunset Tuesday evening, resulting in black
ice conditions on area road surfaces that will impact travel
Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. Road surfaces will not
improve until temperatures can remain above freezing long enough
to evaporate wet road surfaces, hopefully sometime later in the
day Wednesday.