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WWUS84 KCRP 121146
SPSCRP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
546 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

TXZ229>234-239>247-122115-
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
546 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ON TAP EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR SOUTH TEXAS
ALONG WITH POSSIBLE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...

THE MILD TEMPERATURES IN SOUTH TEXAS WILL ABRUPTLY END LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT AS A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT BLASTS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS.
THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO SOUTH TEXAS
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL HOLD STEADY
IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S BEHIND THE FRONT. TUESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES
WILL DIP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S AND HIGHS TUESDAY AFTERNOON
WILL LIKELY CLIMB ONLY TO AROUND 40. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
TEMPERATURES WILL DIP IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S INLAND TO THE
MID 30S ALONG THE COAST. HIGHS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL CLIMB INTO
THE MID 40S.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ALONG THE FRONT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY ALONG WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND.

CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LIGHT RAIN WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT ON
MONDAY. THEN SLEET WILL MIX IN WITH THE LIGHT RAIN LATE MONDAY
NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LAREDO TO VICTORIA LINE AND CONTINUE
INTO TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES MAY DIP JUST BELOW
FREEZING LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FROM TILDEN
TO VICTORIA...RESULTING IN CHANCES FOR FREEZING RAIN. ACROSS THE
COASTAL BEND PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL LIQUID MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 
FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE
EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES
WHERE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION IN THE
FORM OF LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS
SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI FOR UPDATES ON
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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JR