HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 728 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST WED DEC 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
PERIODS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A
PEARSALL TO SAN MARCOS TO LEXINGTON LINE. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH THREE...TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
PERIODS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY
EVENING...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A PEARSALL TO
SAN MARCOS TO LEXINGTON LINE. ELSEWHERE...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SPOTTY AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY PRODUCE SOME
GRADUAL RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
LOW.
TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR
ALL SNOW. THIS POSSIBILITY WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU
TUESDAY EVENING...SPREAD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE
THREAT AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO BOERNE TO LIBERTY
HILL LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ALL SNOW ACROSS THE
WESTERN HILL COUNTRY TO NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...NO SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
.DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 607 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 300 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL
COUNTRY LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...
...COLD RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...
A LARGE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT
MOISTURE AND A COLD AIR MASS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY. ABUNDANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH...OR BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
COLD RAINS AND SHOWERS WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
FOR MOST AREAS. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST
OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS...OR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A PEARSALL TO
SAN MARCOS TO LEXINGTON LINE. SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...DAILY
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THREE DAY
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS SHOULD EXPECT DAILY RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGING BELOW HALF AN
INCH WITH SPOTTY 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY PRODUCE SOME GRADUAL RISES IN RIVERS
AND STREAMS AND PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. HOWEVER...THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS LOW.
COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 40S UNTIL THE UPPER LOW
MOVES INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 30S OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU
AND THE HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY NIGHT. RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH
SNOW TUESDAY EVENING OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...WITH A RAIN-SNOW
MIX EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST INTO THE HILL COUNTRY LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT. THE RAIN-SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO BOERNE TO LIBERTY HILL LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT
POSSIBILITY OF ONLY LIGHT SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL
COUNTRY AND NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAYTIME
WEDNESDAY...AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN TEXAS. NO
FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST...AND GROUND
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE UNLIKELY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
HOWEVER...SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED
ACROSS WEST TEXAS...AND THOSE TRAVELING INTO THAT AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE...OR YOUR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM
SYSTEM.
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