000 WWUS74 KCRP 311102 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 502 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 TXZ229>234-239>247-311915- /O.NEW.KCRP.FZ.W.0004.080201T0800Z-080201T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0003.080131T1500Z-080201T0000Z/ 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 502 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...WILL DEVELOP TODAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WIND SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. WINDS WILL RELAX TONIGHT AND COMBINE WITH CLEAR SKIES AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS...ALLOWING THE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE FREEZE LINE IS EXPECTED TO REACH JUST INLAND FROM THE COASTLINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S ALONG THE BARRIER ISLAND. PETS...PLANTS AND PIPES SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 32 DEGREES OR COLDER FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH. $$ TE