SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issue Date: 554 AM CST TUE DEC 01 2009 Expiration: 300 PM CST TUE DEC 01 2009 ...COLD RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF A RAIN-SNOW MIX OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...A LIGHT WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT IS POSSIBLE OVER A LARGE
PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND
COLD AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
COLD RAINS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOST AREAS.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST OVER THE COASTAL
PLAINS...OR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A PEARSALL TO SAN MARCOS TO
LEXINGTON LINE. SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS LOW...BUT
EXPECT SOME PONDING IN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.
COOLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT A MIX OF
RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL
COUNTRY. AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LEAKEY TO MOUNTAIN HOME LINE
COULD SEE ALL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS WEDNESDAY. A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
EXPOSED SURFACES...BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE VERY SHORT-
LIVED DUE TO WARM SURFACE CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER WEST TEXAS...AND THOSE TRAVELING INTO
THAT AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
THIS PRECIPITATION EVENT SHOULD END BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...AS THE
UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN TEXAS.
AFTER MORE COLD AIR SPILLS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY...ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO BRING A CHANCE
OF LIGHT SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH THIS
PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT...COLD
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S THURSDAY NIGHT COULD SUPPORT LIGHT SNOW
FALLING OVER A LARGER PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE...OR YOUR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.
$$ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 548 AM CST TUE DEC 01 2009 Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 02 2009 Expires:200912021200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
548 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009
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548 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD RAINS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT CAUSING RAINS TO END FROM WEST TO EAST. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER IS
POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH THAT SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN
WITH THE RAIN ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND THE HILL COUNTRY
TONIGHT. NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE RAIN
ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES
POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH THAT A RAIN SNOW MIX OR LIGHT
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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