HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 402 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 415 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL...
NOW ONGOING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER
OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS BY LATE
EVENING...AND PERSIST NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST
PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD
ONE INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH A BROAD AREA OF 3 TO 6
INCH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH
PLAINS...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING
PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE
POSSIBLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE CURRENT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES
FOR COUNTY SPECIFIC FORECASTS AND IMPACTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
TONIGHT/S WINTER STORM WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH
WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THERE BETWEEN SUNRISE AND
MIDDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO
RELAY REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AND PUBLIC IMPACTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK.
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