WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 259 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR ALL BUT THE FAR NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS
OF THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING AND THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
DAY TODAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH THE SNOW ENDING ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATER TODAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WHICH MAY BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL RESULT IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES FROM THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THE SNOW MAY MELT AS IT FALL INITIALLY...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE...COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING. THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY
CAUSE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE
EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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SCHNEIDER/SJOHNSON
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