HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 611 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
609 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER
A WINTER STORM WILL APPROACH AND PASS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING CHANCES FOR SNOW ALONG WITH MUCH
COLDER AIR. PRECIPITATION DURING THE DAY TODAY SHOULD INITIALLY
FALL AS RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW QUICKLY BEHIND A COLD
FRONT AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING...THERE
IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE
ROLLING PLAINS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...WHICH
MAY BE SUSTAINED ABOVE 30 MPH...AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE WIND CHILLS AS LOW THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS THURSDAY. THE WIND WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND ANY SNOW THAT DOES
FALL TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO
RELAY ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LUBBOCK.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 603 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION TOWARDS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL INITIALLY SPREAD LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR
STARTING AROUND SUNSET TONIGHT WILL ALLOW ANY RAIN TO CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM STILL REMAINS
UNCERTAIN AND LOCATION OF WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW COULD FALL WILL
STRONGLY DEPEND ON THE ARRIVAL TIME OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND WHERE
THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM MOVES OVERHEAD. LATEST COMPUTER MODEL
OUTPUT INDICATES THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE
TO TWO INCHES COULD BE FROM A MULESHOE...PLAINVIEW...TO SILVERTON
LINE NORTHWARD WHILE REMAINING AREAS MAY SEE ANYWHERE FROM A DUSTING
UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM...COLD AIR AND BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION KEEPING HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S
ON THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS BY THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE
SINGLE DIGITS IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE TO TEENS ELSEWHERE.
PERSONS WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR POTENTIALLY ADVERSE
ROAD CONDITIONS.
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JORDAN