WEST TEXAS..... URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 559 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...OCCASIONAL WINTRY MIX THIS EVENING WITH HEAVIER WINTRY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL CRAWL EAST THIS WEEKEND BEFORE EXITING THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THIS TIME AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS SPREADING VERY MOIST AIR AND LIFT IN ALOFT. THIS PROCESS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...TRANSITIONING MORE TOWARD STEADY FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS MOST FAVORED ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH PROLONGED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MOST LIKELY IN THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE ROLLING PLAINS. TXZ021>044-241400- /O.EXP.KLUB.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-131124T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.WS.W.0003.131124T0000Z-131125T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS... SPUR...GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA... ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 559 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING BEFORE A SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADS THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING BY SUNDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE LIKELY. * MAIN IMPACT...CONTINUED SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL PROLONG AND EXACERBATE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LOCALLY HIGHER AND SNOWFALL OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS ARE MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS...WHILE THE ROLLING PLAINS WILL BE FAVORED FOR MOSTLY ICING...ALTHOUGH A COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS CAN PRODUCE MANY SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS...CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO POSTPONE OR CANCEL TRAVEL ALTOGETHER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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