000 WWUS44 KHGX 031641 WSWHGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1041 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NOON CST TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-040100- /O.CON.KHGX.WS.W.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 1041 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION FALLING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END BY MID TO LATE MORNING ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION TYPE: A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MAGNOLIA TO HUNTSVILLE TO CROCKETT...ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED. TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SARGENT TO ANGLETON TO ANAHUAC...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET IS EXPECTED. AMOUNTS: IN THE SNOW AND SLEET AREA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TOTALS AROUND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SMALL BANDS. IN THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT AREA...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1/10 ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH. 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 TONIGHT AND WILL BE AT THEIR WORST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$