Ice Storm Warning For Upshur

National Weather Service posts ice storm warning for the county and surrounding areas.

SHREVEPORT, LA., Jan. 27, 2009 -- The National Weather Service's office in Shreveport posted an ice storm warning this morning that includes Upshur County and a large portion of the four corners region.

The warning is for the following Texas counties: Red River, Bowie, Franklin, Titus, Camp, Morris, Wood, Upshur, and Smith. It includes the cities of Clarksville, Texarkana, Mt. Vernon, Mt. Pleasant, Pittsburg, Daingerfield, Quitman, Gilmer, and Tyler.

Text of the warning follows:

1040 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...AS A COLD FRONT
WORKS SOUTH INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM. LATE MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING IN THE MID
30S...WITH PATCHY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...BY NOON...RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS WILL TRANSITION TO
FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE FREEZING MARK. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO AN INCH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE BY NOON WEDNESDAY.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.