Winter Weather Advisory

((Sorry for the all-caps … That’s how it comes from the National Weather Service.))

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* LOCATION…THIS STATEMENT IS FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON TO CORSICANA TO GROESBECK LINE.

* TIMING…PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THE DAY BELOW FREEZING AND SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. ONCE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING…THE THREAT FOR WINTER PRECIPITATION WOULD END.

* MAIN IMPACT…DUE TO SUBFREEZING ROAD TEMPERATURES…ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION WOULD RESULT IN LIGHT ICING ON ROADWAYS. THIS WOULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

* ACCUMULATION…ONLY A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS.