SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1241 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WIDESPREAD ICY ROADS TONIGHT...
ROADS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA HAVE ICED UP TONIGHT AND
REMAIN VERY TREACHEROUS. ALTHOUGH PORTIONS OF THE MAIN ROADS MAY
APPEAR FREE OF ANY SNOW OR ICE...BLACK ICE MAY INSTEAD BE PRESENT.
BLACK ICE IS A THIN LAYER OF ICE THAT FORMS ON ROAD SURFACES...AND
APPEARS DARK OR TRANSPARENT AND NOT OBVIOUSLY SLICK. OVERPASSES
ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO BLACK ICE. MANY OF THE LESSER
TRAVELED ROADWAYS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...FOREMOST REDUCE YOUR SPEED EVEN IF
TRAVELING ON APPARENTLY DRY PAVEMENT. ALSO INCREASE YOUR FOLLOWING
DISTANCE BEHIND VEHICLES...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL. WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
TONIGHT...MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO 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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