Farmer's Almanac is calling for rain and cooler temps in Texarkana this fall and winter. The upcoming spring and summer seasons are looking a bit wet as well. Here is the rest of the annual weather summary:
With my kids being Liberty Eylau Leopards, that is the school I am hooked up with for robo-calls. There have been many surrounding our recent winter weather. Matt Fry, media coordinator at LE, had a long day of sending out ever changing messages.
Having to get to work can be an adventure when a rare occasion for winter driving does hit Texarkana. Took some video on the way to the radio stations and around town.
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Texarkana area. This warning means it is likely that precipitation will tonight transition from rain to a mix of ice and perhaps snow for some of the four state's region, including Texarkana, as arctic air moves in and temperatures fall below freezing.
The National Weather Service in Shreveport, LA., has issued a "Winter Storm Watch" for the Ark-La-Tex effective Sunday at midnight through Monday afternoon. Here are the details.
UPDATE: Genoa School closed at 10 a.m. Fouke School is closing at 1 p.m. today. UACCH and UACCH-Texarkana campuses will close today at 11:00 a.m.
Here are the schools that are closed today: Blevins, Ashdown, Foreman and Horatio. Schools that are delaying their start until 10 a.m. are Avery, DeKalb, New Boston, Malta and Hubbard.
Hard Freeze Warning in effect from midnight tonight to 9am CST Friday.
* A very cold arctic air mass has settled across the region. Temperatures will fall into the teens before daybreak across much of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and all of Southwest Arkansas...