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WWUS84 KCRP 122113
SPSCRP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
313 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

TXZ229>234-239>247-131100-
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
313 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES BEHIND A COLD FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR
SOUTH TEXAS WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE BEHIND THE
FRONT...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO
SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL
HOLD STEADY IN THE LOWER 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 MONDAY
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A GEORGE WEST
TO VICTORIA LINE MAY SEE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING AS MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 32 DEGREES IN
THOSE AREAS. AS THE COLDER AIR MASS PUSHES ITS WAY INTO SOUTH
TEXAS...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 59 FROM LAREDO TO
VICTORIA MAY SEE SLEET DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 
FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
PRECIPITATION BECOMING A MIX 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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