Alert: Winter Weather Advisory issued December 04 at 11:37PM CST until December 06 at 12:00PM CST by NWS San Angelo ...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING A VERY COLD AIR MASS TO ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...ARRIVING ON THURSDAY AND PERSISTING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALSO...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR FROM SWEETWATER TO ABILENE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS: DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADS. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN ANGELO...LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING...AND FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR THURSDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH. IF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS SLEET...ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHER. WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES FALLING TO WELL BELOW FREEZING...ICE WILL DEVELOP EASILY ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. EVEN A LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS CAN BE DANGEROUS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY FRIDAY MORNING. Instructions: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. Counties: Coke; Concho; Crockett; Irion; Kimble; Mason; McCulloch; Menard; San Saba; Schleicher; Sterling; Sutton; Tom Green
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 06:01:30 +0000
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