000 WWUS44 KHGX 022150 WSWHGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 350 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NOON CST THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-031200- /O.CON.KHGX.WS.A.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY... BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND... COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN... CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT... FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON... HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON...LAKE SOMERVILLE... LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...MADISONVILLE... MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...NAVASOTA...ONALASKA...PALACIOS... PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND... ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY... THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...WHARTON...WILLIS... WINNIE 350 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MIDDAY THURSDAY NEAR THE COAST...AND SPREAD AREA WIDE BY EARLY EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT THEN TAPER OFF LATE MORNING FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION TYPE: VERY LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED AT THE ONSET OF THE EVENT THURSDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM MATAGORDA TO DOWNTOWN HOUSTON TO RYE IN LIBERTY COUNTY...WITH ALL SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA. EAST OF THIS LINE...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW. OVER SOUTHERN BRAZORIA...SOUTHERN GALVESTON...CHAMBERS...AND SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTIES MOSTLY ICE IS EXPECTED. AMOUNTS: IN THE SNOW AND SLEET AREA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TOTALS AROUND 4 INCHES. THE BEST CHANCE OF 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE PINEY WOODS AND LAKES AREA OF EAST TEXAS. IN THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT AREA...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH ARE EXPECTED. IMPACTS: DUE TO EVAPORATIVE COOLING IN THE VERY DRY AIRMASS... TEMPERATURES WILL RUN 5 TO 7 DEGREES COLDER WITH THIS EVENT THAN DURING THE LAST FEW WINTER WEATHER EVENTS TO IMPACT THIS AREA. THESE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A MUCH HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF ROADS BECOMING ICED OVER...EVEN WITH LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE WITH ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE BEGINNING AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. IN ADDITION...POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. && $$