Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
501 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-101600-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
501 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

...A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...

PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL OVERRUN A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS LOCATED OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF
LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...MOVING INTO
WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING.

THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY WITH
MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND
SLEET THIS MORNING...WITH A COLD RAIN DOMINATING DURING THE
AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FROM
THIS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SHOULD FALL AS RAIN...A MIX WITH LIGHT
SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM EAGLE PASS TO SAN
ANTONIO TO LEXINGTON. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW
ARE EXPECTED.

A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN MAY
BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO BOERNE TO TAYLOR. ONCE AGAIN LITTLE
OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY NIGHT NORTHWEST OF A DEL RIO TO BANDERA TO NORTH
AUSTIN LINE. EXPOSED SURFACES OVER THIS AREA COULD BRIEFLY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
HOWEVER GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING.

WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...TEMPERATURES
SHOULD WARM RAPIDLY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS IN
THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...AND AVOID MAKING TRAVEL
PLANS TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY FRIDAY.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

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