SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 414 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...A DEVELOPING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU ON TUESDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO THE BIG BEND REGION ON TUESDAY AND THEN
EAST ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR TUESDAY NIGHT. LIFT FROM THE UPPER
SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY..WITH PRECIPITATION BEGINNING AS ALL RAIN OVER THE CONCHO
VALLEY AND NORTH EDWARDS PLATEAU MONDAY EVENING AND ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OR SLEET
OVER WESTERN SECTIONS EARLY IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH A RAIN
AND SNOW MIX OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO
VALLEY...AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON TUESDAY ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SWEETWATER TO OZONA WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW
COULD ACCUMULATE. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATE
TUE NIGHT...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE LOWER 40S
THE DAY TUESDAY OVER THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. AS
SUCH...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN
THE FORM OF RAIN AND WILL LIKELY NOT CHANGE OVER TO SNOW UNTIL THE
PRECIPITATION IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END. THEREFORE...THE
POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LESS.
AREA RESIDENTS AND THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE
URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AS
THIS DEVELOPING WINTER EVENT UNFOLDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL
HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE...OR
YOUR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND THE FIRST PART OF THE
UPCOMING WORK WEEK.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 240 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 245 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AN UPPER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET
AND RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEGINNING MIDDAY TUESDAY OVER CROCKETT
COUNTY AND THE CONCHO VALLEY...MOVING INTO THE BIG COUNTRY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY ON THE PATH AND TIMING OF THE STORM SYSTEM...AND HOW
COLD IT WILL GET TO SUPPORT SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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