SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 555 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY DIGGING
INTO THE BAJA OF MEXICO...AND WILL THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON TUESDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP TODAY FROM THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AHEAD OF THE LOW. A
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION
CAUSING THE RAIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD EAST TUESDAY TO ENCOMPASS NEARLY THE
ENTIRE AREA WITH AN INITIAL RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MIXTURE
TRANSITIONING OVER TO ALL SNOW. THERE REMAINS CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY IN SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS SYSTEM THEREFORE A WINTER
STORM WATCH HAS ONLY BEEN ISSUED IN LOCATIONS WHERE CONFIDENCE IS
GREATEST IN HEAVY SNOW TOTALS. OTHER AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AND ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER
PRODUCTS MAY BE ISSUED AS FORECAST CONFIDENCE INCREASES.
RESIDENTS AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER
EVENT UNFOLDS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 401 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT THROUGH MID MONDAY MORNING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM
ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TO PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...
SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 10 INCHES MIXED WITH SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND
THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET
WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU.
AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES ACROSS WEST TEXAS
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL LIKELY
SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN OF
WEST TEXAS. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
LOCATIONS TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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