SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 514 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
...A DEVELOPING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU ON TUESDAY...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY AND
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIAL WINTER STORM ON TUESDAY.
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MEXICO IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE EAST INTO THE BIG BEND REGION ON TUESDAY AND THEN NORTHEAST
ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT. LIFT FROM THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL
BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AND
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND NORTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU. THE PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION AS THE DAY CONTINUES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OR SLEET OVER
WESTERN SECTIONS EARLY IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AND BY AROUND MIDDAY
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO
THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SNOW EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 30S TO NEAR
40 THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY OVER THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL
COUNTRY. AS SUCH...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY IS
EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND WILL LIKELY NOT CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END.
THEREFORE...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LESS.
AREA RESIDENTS AND THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE
URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AS
THIS DEVELOPING WINTER EVENT UNFOLDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL
HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE...OR
YOUR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND THE FIRST PART OF THE
UPCOMING WORK WEEK.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 318 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 330 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SONORA...BRADY...SAN SABA
LINE. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. TUESDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF
RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER
STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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