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WWUS84 KCRP 142053
SPSCRP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
253 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

TXZ229>234-239>247-142300-
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
253 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
BEHIND STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS AND
OFFSHORE TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO
SOUTH TEXAS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL
GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH THE LOWER 40S INTO THE MID AND UPPER
30S...THEN CONTINUE FALLING MONDAY NIGHT INTO THE LOWER 30S BY
TUESDAY MORNING. HIGHS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CLIMB ONLY
INTO THE UPPER 30S. ANOTHER FREEZE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH
TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S ACROSS MOST
OF SOUTH TEXAS WITH MID 30S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEHIND THE FRONT.
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL FURTHER
PUSH THE COLD AIR SURGE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND.

LIGHT RAIN WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY. THE LIGHT RAIN 
WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT IN THE
VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND OTHER
EXPOSED SURFACES RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SLEET OR ICE PELLETS MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN
TUESDAY FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT WIDESPREAD TRAVEL HAZARDS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED.

PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
WEDNESDAY. IF THIS DOES OCCUR THEN THE LIGHT RAIN MAY AGAIN MIX
WITH SLEET TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS.
WITH TEMPERATURES DIPPING TO NEAR FREEZING TUESDAY
NIGHT...LIGHT RAIN MAY TURN INTO FREEZING RAIN WEST OF THE
COASTAL PLAINS. ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE LIGHT.

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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