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WWUS84 KCRP 191049
SPSCRP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
449 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2008

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KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...
ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...
SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA...
PORT O'CONNOR...SEADRIFT
449 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2008

...A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING OVER INLAND LOCATIONS
WELL AWAY FROM THE COAST...

THIS STATEMENT IF FOR THE COUNTIES OF CALHOUN...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...
SAN PATRICIO...NUECES AND KLEBERG. 

MUCH DRIER AIR BEHIND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH
TEXAS TODAY...AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO TEXAS.
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AND WINDS WILL
DECREASE. EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BECAUSE OF THIS...A LIGHT
FREEZE IS POSSIBLE OVER INLAND LOCATIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES
OF SOUTH TEXAS WELL AWAY FROM THE COAST. 

TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING FOR LESS THAN TWO
HOURS NEAR AND WEST OF A KINGSVILLE TO ROBSTOWN...TO SINTON...TO
REFUGIO TO KAMAY LINE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI...IN ROCKPORT...OR PORT O'CONNOR...AS
NORTHEAST WINDS FROM THE GULF COMBINED WITH WARMER GROUND
TEMPERATURES DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL WILL HELP TO KEEP
TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING. CLOSER TO THE COAST...INCLUDING
CORPUS CHRISTI PROPER...TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE UPPER
30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ANY
UPDATES.


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GW