HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 801 AM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 815 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
...WIDESPREAD SNOW TODAY...
...LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 20S...
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...INCLUDING METRO HOUSTON AND THE OUTLYING SUBURBS. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY EVENING BEFORE ENDING.
WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH BANDS OF 3
TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INLAND COUNTIES AND THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO END BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 20S FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND FREEZING OVER SOME
INLAND LOCATIONS EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL
SEE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY EVENING ON FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20S ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...LOWER 30S ALONG THE COAST. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 12 TO 18 HOURS FOR MOST
INLAND LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE METRO HOUSTON SUBURBS.
TEMPERATURES IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 10
TO 14 HOURS. ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 3 TO 6 HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL
STRUGGLE TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 TO 10 AM SATURDAY.
ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
ESPECIALLY BY FRIDAY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP WELL BELOW
FREEZING. ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL
IS NECESSARY. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS
NECESSARY.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PERSONS SHOULD BRING THEIR PETS AND
SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS ON FRIDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION POSSIBLE TODAY.
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