000 WWUS84 KCRP 151129 SPSCRP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 529 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 TXZ229>234-152000- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...TILDEN... GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD... VICTORIA 529 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...ARCTIC AIRMASS INVADES SOUTH TEXAS WITH A CHANCE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... A COLD ARCTIC AIMRASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY FALL DURING THE DAYTIME... PLUMMETING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S BY LATE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY. BRISK NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BRING WIND CHILLS INTO THE 20S TODAY...WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER TEENS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK. ALSO...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL COOL. AS A RESULT...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE VICTORIA AREA...THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SEEMS LIKELY...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO ACCUMULATIONS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. IF THE TIMING OF THE MAIN PRECIPITATION OCCURS WHEN THE COLDEST AIR IS OVER THE AREA...THEN WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR. THE MOST LIKELY FORM OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...ALTHOUGH SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. ANY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FREEZE ON EXPOSED AREAS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS. ALSO...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS OVER THE AREA...THUS A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED...WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING ON TUESDAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS AND PREPARE FOR THESE COLD TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. MAKE SURE SCHOOL CHILDREN WAITING FOR BUSES OR RIDES TO SCHOOL ARE DRESSED WARMLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE ADVISORIES. $$ TXZ239>247-152000- WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO- CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 529 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...ARCTIC AIRMASS INVADES SOUTH TEXAS WITH A CHANCE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OVER LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST... ...A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER INLAND AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST TUESDAY MORNING... A COLD ARCTIC AIMRASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY FALL DURING THE DAYTIME... PLUMMETING INTO THE MID 30S BY LATE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY. BRISK NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BRING WIND CHILLS INTO THE 20S LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK LATER TONIGHT. ALSO...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL COOL. AS A RESULT...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND INLAND AREAS OF THE COASTAL BEND...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. ALTHOUGH THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION... IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY...SINCE THE TIMING AND EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE MOST LIKELY FORM OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED AREAS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS. SOME SLEET AND ICE PELLETS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. ALSO...A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER THE INLAND AREAS MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ALICE TO SINTON TO REFUGIO...BUT EAST OF LAREDO. AT THIS TIME...A FREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE CITY OF LAREDO OR IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. IF FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS...THAN A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS AND PREPARE FOR THESE COLD TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. MAKE SURE SCHOOL CHILDREN WAITING FOR BUSES OR RIDES TO SCHOOL ARE DRESSED WARMLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ GW