HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 432 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN
INCH IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES...BETWEEN 3 AM TONIGHT
AND 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING. FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR A
MIXTURE OF RAIN OR SNOW...BUT NO SNOW ACCUMULATION...IS POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 409 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
FOLLOWED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...
A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. INITIALLY...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN COVERAGE
BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTHWARD
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS
EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER THE BIG COUNTRY. THIS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
SOME SNOW SHOWERS TO OCCUR ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
WILL BE IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM
THURSDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THIS AREA WITH UP TO A DUSTING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE
20 CORRIDOR. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM WITH HIGHS
ONLY IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S THURSDAY...AND LOWS AROUND 20
CHRISTMAS MORNING.
RESIDENTS WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS...AND PLAN FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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