SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 334 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 630 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS A THREAT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND
PORTIONS OF THE ROLLING PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM NORTHWEST
MEXICO INTO SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM MONDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY. THE AIRMASS WILL COOL ENOUGH FOR A POSSIBILITY OF
MIXED SLEET AND SNOW SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATE FROM WEST TO
EAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BY LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE CAPROCK WITH RAIN OR SNOW OVER THE
ROLLING PLAINS.
SNOW AMOUNTS ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN BUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR
LOCATIONS TO RECEIVE FOUR INCHES OR MORE DOES EXIST. AREAS MOST
FAVORED FOR THIS WOULD BE OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. A SLEET
FALL ALSO COULD PROVE HAZARDOUS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTER TRAVEL
HAZARDS DEVELOPING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 304 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 315 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A WINTER STORM REMAINS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH
HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET
COULD DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS
WHILE SLEET MAY ALSO FORM FURTHER EAST OVER THE CENTRAL SOUTH
PLAINS. SLEET IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR SOME AREAS TUESDAY...THOUGH
SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW WILL BECOME A GREATER THREAT BY LATE TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. DEPENDING ON THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL
STORM TO OUR SOUTH...SNOW CHANCES COULD REMAIN OVER PARTS OF THE
AREA INTO WEDNESDAY.
SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN...BUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR
LOCATIONS RECEIVING FOUR INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW DOES EXIST DURING
THIS PERIOD. THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS SEEM MOST
FAVORED AT THIS TIME...BUT OTHER AREAS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND OTHER PLANNERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE
WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
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