Lake Wind Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1014 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...NORTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON... FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO... MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA... JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT... PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER... JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON... CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE... HEMPHILL 1014 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOUR STATE REGION LATE TONIGHT. IN ITS WAKE...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA. DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...WIND GUSTS MAY BE IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS AREAS OF EASTERN TEXAS...NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BEFORE 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * IMPACT...BOATERS SHOULD USE CAUTION IN OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE IN HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG OPEN ROADWAYS WITH LITTLE VEGETATION TO BLOCK THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.