HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 628 AM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 630 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR LIGHT
SNOW OR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE PRESENT THAT
PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW...EXCEPT COLD RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AREAS
THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING OVER THE EDWARDS
PLATEAU INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. IT WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD DURING THE DAY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.
SNOW WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...EASTERN
HILL COUNTRY AND AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO CORRIDOR...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS
OF A TRACE UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN HILL COUNTRY. SNOW MAY
ACCUMULATE ON SOME ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES OVER PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHEASTERN HILL COUNTRY MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS SKIRTING SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING MAY TURN INTO MODERATE SNOW
ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAYETTE...LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES BY LATE
MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SNOW MAY
ACCUMULATE ON SOME ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES OVER PORTIONS OF
THESE THREE COUNTIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
CLEARING SKIES IN A COLD DRY POLAR AIR MASS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO PLUMMET TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PROTECT EXPOSED PIPES.
PETS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE AS WELL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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