SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 403 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
FOLLOWED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...
A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. INITIALLY...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCREASING IN
COVERAGE BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.
AT THE SAME TIME...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER
THE BIG COUNTRY...POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND
HEARTLAND. THIS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME SNOW ACROSS THE BIG
COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE IN
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM
THURSDAY MORNING. ALSO...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
IF HEAVY SNOW BANDS DEVELOP. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
THE BIG COUNTRY...WITH UP TO A DUSTING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE CONCHO
VALLEY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND HEAVIER
SNOWFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE...STAY TUNE FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO A
WINTER STORM WARNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 138 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 145 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE BIG COUNTRY
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL NOON ON THURSDAY. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING THEN CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
FURTHER SOUTH...RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CONCHO VALLEY TOWARDS DAYBREAK BEFORE ENDING. PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER OVER THIS AREA WITH NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A
CROSS PLAINS TO JUNCTION LINE THIS EVENING. SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY BEFORE
NOON ON THURSDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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