Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
235 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-100500-
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
235 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...

ABUNDANT PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO OVERRUN A COLD DRY AIR MASS
OVER TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN
AS A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...MOVING
INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.

THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
DAY WEDNESDAY. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A MIXTURE OF
LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET...ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW IN THE HILL COUNTRY.
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO
IMPACT THE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ALTHOUGH MOST OF
THE PRECIPITATION FROM THE STORM SYSTEM SHOULD FALL AS RAIN...A
MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

MAINLY A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...THE WINTER
STORM SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS
SEEING RAIN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL CLOSE TO FREEZING WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHWEST OF A DEL RIO TO BANDERA TO NORTH AUSTIN
LINE. EXPOSED SURFACES OVER THESE AREAS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. GROUND TEMPERATURES
SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING AND MELT ANY FROZEN PRECIPITATION
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. SPOTTY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT...MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A JUNO TO KERRVILLE TO AUSTIN LINE.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM RAPIDLY ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY...MELTING ANY SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR. PEOPLE
WITH INTERESTS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...AND AVOID MAKING TRAVEL
PLANS WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY THURSDAY...AND AGAIN 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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