SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 601 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WIDESPREAD ICY ROADS THIS MORNING...
ROADS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS MORNING REMAIN ICY RESULTING
IN VERY TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH PORTIONS OF ROADWAYS MAY
APPEAR FREE OF ANY SNOW OR ICE...BLACK ICE MAY PRESENT INSTEAD.
BLACK ICE IS A THIN LAYER OF ICE THAT FORMS ON ROAD SURFACES...AND
APPEARS DARK OR TRANSPARENT AND NOT OBVIOUSLY SLICK. OVERPASSES
ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO BLACK ICE. MANY OF THE LESSER
TRAVELED STREETS AND ROADWAYS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS MORNING...REDUCE YOUR SPEED EVEN IF
TRAVELING ON APPARENTLY DRY PAVEMENT...INCREASE YOUR FOLLOWING
DISTANCE BEHIND VEHICLES AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 551 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.
.DAY ONE...CHRISTMAS DAY AND CHRISTMAS NIGHT
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL CREATE
OCCASIONAL WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND TEN BELOW ZERO...BEFORE
IMPROVING BY LATE MORNING. IN ADDITION...AREA ROADS WILL REMAIN
VERY SLICK THROUGH THE MORNING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A RENEWED THREAT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP FOR PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS TUESDAY.
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