SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...ICY ROADS DEVELOPING TONIGHT...
ROADS AROUND THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA WILL ICE UP EARLY THIS EVENING AND
MANY WILL BECOME VERY TREACHEROUS.
MANY SIDE ROADS REMAINED SNOW COVERED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...
WHILE MAIN ROADS AND ARTERIES BECAME WET AND SLUSHY.
WITH THE SETTING OF THE SUN EARLY THIS EVENING...ROADS ARE LIKELY
TO QUICKLY DEVELOP A SHEET OF THIN ICE AND BLACK ICE. BLACK ICE IS
A THIN LAYER OF ICE THAT FORMS ON ROAD SURFACES...AND MAY APPEAR
DARK OR TRANSPARENT AND NOT OBVIOUSLY SLICK. OVERPASSES WILL BE
FIRST TO ICE UP.
IF YOUR ARE ON THE ROADS TONIGHT...FOREMOST REDUCE YOUR SPEEDS
EVEN IF TRAVELING ON APPARENTLY DRY PAVEMENT. ALSO INCREASE THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL. SINCE
A VERY COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED...CARRY BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD...
WATER...AND A FLASHLIGHT. MAKE SURE YOUR FUEL TANK IS FULL IN CASE
YOU BECOME STRANDED.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 353 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 25 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
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. VERY COLD OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES ATOP A PERSISTENT SNOW PACK WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT
IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A RENEWED THREAT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP FOR PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS TUESDAY.
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