SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 942 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EPISODE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THOUGH THE AREA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY
BRINGING WITH IT MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. RAIN...ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW NEAR THE TEXAS AND
NEW MEXICO BORDER PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND
NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY...ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...A STRONG STORM
SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF NORTHERN MEXICO WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SNOWFALL ON THE CAPROCK WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE
WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 27 AND HIGHWAY 87 CORRIDOR. AREAS OFF THE
CAPROCK SHOULD EXPERIENCE MOSTLY LIQUID PRECIPITATION ALTHOUGH A
WINTRY MIX MAY BE POSSIBLE.
THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY FOR THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL
DETAILS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED AS THE EVENT
APPROACHES. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
WINTER WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A
WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 942 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 945 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH
PLAINS SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH MOST OF
THIS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN...RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE
TO LIGHT SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LITTLE ACCUMULATION...IF ANY...IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AND EARLY
MONDAY.
HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANCES FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION...
INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD
FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN AND IMPACT THE
SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY...THEN BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
THAT THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL INCLUDE THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. LESS SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OR A WINTRY MIX MAY OCCUR OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA INTO TUESDAY EVENING.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS ANTICIPATED WINTER
STORM REMAINS UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS APPEAR
FAVORED FOR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THREAT. THUS LOCAL
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND AREA DECISION MAKERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER
IMPACTS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
|
|
|
