SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1130 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009
Expiration: 359 PM CST TUE DEC 01 2009
...COLD RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF A RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW MIX OVER THE HILL COUNTRY
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...A LIGHT WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS
OF THE HILL COUNTRY TO ADJACENT PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND
COLD AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
COLD RAINS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOST AREAS.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST OVER THE COASTAL
PLAINS...OR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A PEARSALL TO SAN MARCOS TO
LEXINGTON LINE. SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS LOW...BUT
EXPECT SOME PONDING IN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. THE RAINS
ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY WILL MAKE
FOR WET ROADS AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS.
COOLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT A MIX OF
RAIN...LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLE SLEET OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY. AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LEAKEY TO
MOUNTAIN HOME LINE COULD SEE ALL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS EXPOSED SURFACES...HOWEVER...ANY ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE VERY
SHORT-LIVED DUE TO WARM SURFACE CONDITIONS. FOR THE REST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST TO SOUTH OF A LEAKEY TO MOUNTAIN HOME
LINE...MOSTLY COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. AS ALWAYS...SOME
BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD RAIN...HOWEVER
ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FURTHER NORTH AND
WEST OVER WEST TEXAS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR...
AND THOSE TRAVELING INTO THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
THIS PRECIPITATION EVENT SHOULD END FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
ALOFT MOVES TO EASTERN TEXAS.
MORE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPILL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED
TO BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT.
INCREASING CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...
AS THE NEXT LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW OR SOME SLEET
COULD BE MIXED WITH THE COLD RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS
PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY TO ADJACENT PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE COLD RAIN ON FRIDAY WILL LIMIT
DAYTIME HIGHS TO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY
TO AROUND 40 TO LOW AND MID 40S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
WITH CLEARING SKIES FRIDAY NIGHT...FREEZING OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH LOWS IN THE 20S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO
THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 ACROSS ADJACENT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE...OR YOUR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 548 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 02 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD RAINS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT CAUSING RAINS TO END FROM WEST TO EAST. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER IS
POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH THAT SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN
WITH THE RAIN ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND THE HILL COUNTRY
TONIGHT. NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE RAIN
ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES
POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH THAT A RAIN SNOW MIX OR LIGHT
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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