000 WWUS74 KCRP 020942 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 342 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008 TXZ229>234-239>247-021500- /O.NEW.KCRP.FZ.A.0002.080103T0700Z-080103T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-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 342 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 77 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 44. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ARANSAS COUNTY...NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CALHOUN COUNTY...AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF KLEBERG COUNTY WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM. COLD TEMPERATURES AND ANOTHER FREEZE WILL OCCUR AGAIN TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 77 AS WELL AS ACROSS NORTHERN ARANSAS COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CALHOUN COUNTY. TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES WILL OCCUR IN LAREDO AND PORTIONS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AWAY FROM THE WATER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FREEZE. $$ JR