000 WWUS74 KCRP 020427 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1027 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 TXZ229>234-239>247-021100- /O.CON.KCRP.FZ.W.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 1027 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. DRY AIR...DIMINISHING WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL COMBINE WITH THE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST SOUTH TEXAS LOCATIONS TONIGHT 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. ALTHOUGH THE WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...AT TIMES THE WIND CHILL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 20 TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FREEZE. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 32 DEGREES OR COLDER FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER. $$ TM/TE