PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 714 AM CST TUE NOV 21 2006 ...COLD SNAP SUMMARY... A SHORT STINT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES OCCURRED THIS MORNING AT AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM WINNIE TEXAS TO NEAR ANAHUAC TO LAKE HOUSTON TO NEAR SPRING TO KATY TO NEAR EL CAMPO TO MORALES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SHOULD HAVE BEEN OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF HOUSTON...TRINITY...POLK AND ALSO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF BURLESON...WASHINGTON AND COLORADO COUNTIES WHERE TEMPERATURES LIKELY BOTTOMED OUT IN THE 28 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS. A FEW AREAS MAY HAVE DIPPED TO THE FREEZING MARK BETWEEN ANGLETON AND BAY CITY FOR ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO. A WARMER NIGHT ON TAP FOR TONIGHT AS SOUTHERLY WINDS BEGIN TO BRING BACK WARMTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. $$