Winter Storm WARNING for SE TEXAS for 1/4" ICE...

[yoda]

Sorry if this has been posted already...


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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
539 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2004

...COLD WEATHER AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO HIT DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
TONIGHT...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...
AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS. TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO DROP BELOW FREEZING THIS
EVENING...AND THE INGREDIENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT.

TXZ248>257-251400-
BROOKS-COASTAL CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-HIDALGO-INLAND CAMERON-
INLAND WILLACY-JIM HOGG-KENEDY-STARR-ZAPATA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...SAN BENITO...
FALFURRIAS...HEBBRONVILLE...MCALLEN...WESLACO...PORT MANSFIELD...
RAYMONDVILLE...RIO GRANDE CITY...SARITA...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
PORT ISABEL...LAGUNA VISTA...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...ZAPATA
539 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT...

A MIXTURE OF ICE...SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL TURN
INTO ICE AND SNOW LATER TONIGHT.

ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE COULD BE ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE AND WILL
BE MOST LIKELY ON BARE METAL SURFACES...LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS...
OVERPASSES AND TREE LIMBS.
IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING
SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF
YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN
BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN
MAKING TURNS.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED IN THE UPPER
VALLEY WEST OF ABOUT HIGHWAY 281.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

[Brent]

Well... they can keep the ice.

Bring on the snow.

Went out Christmas-light riding and it looked like someone got the hose out... there's quite a bit of water on the roads around here. Going to be ice in the morning.

[just_another_name]

ive been getting nuttin but ice for the last hour in clute...my roof is coverd in it !

[HouTXmetro]

I'm in far southeast Houston and the snow is covering my car!!! the forcasters had it ALL WRONG!!!

[vbhoutex]

I'm in far southeast Houston and the snow is covering my car!!! the forcasters had it ALL WRONG!!!

Not your S2K foerecasters!!!