WEATHER UPDATE: WINTER STORM WARNING The National Weather Service has upgraded the existing Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm Warning. The Warning is in effect from midnight tonight to 6am Friday CST for virtually all of West Texas and southeast New Mexico. Here is the text of the Warning from the National Weather Service: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 242 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS...THE TRANS PECOS...AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WHILE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN...THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS WILL SEE THE CHANGE TO SNOW FIRST...AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INCLUDING ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-057>062-067-074-075-080-081- 258-221200- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.A.0002.150122T0600Z-150123T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0006.150122T0600Z-150123T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- WARD-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...STANTON...VAN HORN...PECOS... MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...MONAHANS... ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 242 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 /142 PM MST WED JAN 21 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...HEAVY SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...AS WELL AS VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:46:52 +0000
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