000 WWUS74 KCRP 111006 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 406 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2006 TXZ229>234-239>247-112200- /O.NEW.KCRP.FZ.W.0004.060212T0000Z-060212T1500Z/ 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 406 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2006 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. A COLD AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TONIGHT... EXTREMELY DRY ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION... SURFACE WIND WILL BECOME LIGHT AND WIND ALOFT WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. FURTHER...CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THUS...STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. MINIMUM TEMPERATURE READINGS EARLY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS TO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 ELSEWHERE...INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS... THE COASTAL BEND AND THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS. HOWEVER...READINGS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 32 DEGREES OR COLDER FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER. RESIDENTS OF THE COASTAL BEND...VICTORIA CROSSROADS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS. ANYONE WHO MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT ARE URGED TO WEAR ADEQUATE CLOTHING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COLD WEATHER EVENT. $$ 87