SNOW ADVISORY - NWS LUBBOCK TX.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
430 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004

...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR PORTIONS
OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND THE SOUTH PLAINS...

.A VIGOROUS UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS LATER TODAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN IN
ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO
SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS THIS
MORNING...AND THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS
MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LIFT ACCOMPANYING THE STORM
COOLS THE LOWER PARTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF COOLING. IF THE CHANGEOVER
TO SNOW IS DELAYED...SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE
NATURE OF THE STORM...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTIVE SNOW AND
NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION...SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD BE
HEAVIER.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
749 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004

.OBSERVATIONAL UPPER AIR DATA THIS MORNING INDICATES A SMALL
WARM LAYER OF AIR AROUND FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET ABOVE GROUND.
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING NEAR THE GROUND. PRECIPITATION IN
THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE WARM
LAYER COOLS BELOW FREEZING...THEN PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW.

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ARMSTRONG-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...CANYON...CLAUDE...HEREFORD...
PANHANDLE...VEGA
749 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH NOON FOR THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE...

MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. ACCUMULATIONS
OF ICE AND SNOW WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY FOR
THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE ADVISORY AREA IS
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BOYS RANCH TO AMARILLO TO CLAUDE.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SNOW ON
ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.