000 WWUS74 KCRP 011011 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 411 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 TXZ229>234-239>247-012100- /O.NEW.KCRP.FZ.A.0001.080102T0600Z-080102T1500Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...TILDEN... GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD... VICTORIA...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN... PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA... PORT O'CONNOR...SEADRIFT 411 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT BEHIND LAST NIGHTS COLD FRONT. DRY AIR...DIMINISHING WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH THE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST SOUTH TEXAS LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL DIP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 77. EAST OF U.S. 77...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 TO 32 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FREEZE. $$ 76