RGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 542 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... A COLD FRONT WITH AN ARCTIC AIRMASS BEHIND IT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY AND THEN BEGIN TO FALL DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN OUR NORTHWESTERN ZONES AND THEN BY FRIDAY MORNING AT THE COAST. MOISTURE RIDING OVER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY THEN CHANGE FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AREAS FROM COLLEGE STATION TO HUNTSVILLE MAY EXPERIENCE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FRIDAY. AREAS TO THE SOUTH INCLUDING HOUSTON WILL EXPERIENCE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. TXZ179-231945- /O.NEW.KHGX.WS.W.0001.140124T0300Z-140124T1500Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...CORRIGAN...ONALASKA 542 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN... ICE PELLETS... AND POSSIBLY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINTER WEATHER WILL START THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THREAT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OF 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT COULD POSSIBLY TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE PELLETS FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING ICE WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TRANSITION INTO FREEZING RAIN... AND ICE PELLETS. HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY BRIDGES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! * OTHER IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION COULD EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING WHICH WOULD LIKELY FALL ON TOP OF THE ICE. THIS WOULD MAKE GLAZING DIFFICULT TO SEE AND BRIDGES EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED AFTER SUNSET THROUGH THE WARNING AREA. && $$
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:54:49 +0000
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