STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR SNOW AND ICE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST TUES JAN 16 2007

...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO IMPACT
SOUTHERN TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL TEXAS... INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN METRO AREAS.
ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS... INCLUDING THE HOUSTON METRO AREA.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF TEXAS
SURROUNDING THE AFOREMENTIONED WARNINGS... EASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. 

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS HAS LOCKED IN COLD AIR OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO HOVER NEAR OR
BELOW FREEZING FROM HIGHWAY I-10 NORTHWARD. AN UPPER-LEVEL
DISTURBUACE APPROACHING FROM MEXICO HAS BEEN BRINGING LIGHT TO
OCCASSIONALLY MODERATE SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS WITH A BAND
OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO
LOUISIANA WHERE MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING. AS
TEMPERATURES FALL SLOWLY DURING TUESDAY NIGHT...LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AS FAR SOUTH AS HEBBRONVILLE LOCATED TO THE
EAST OF LAREDO TEXAS.

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN/ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

...TEXAS...

AUSTIN 2.8 N                     0.21
HEARNE                           0.10 
FRANKLIN                         0.10
OAKWOOD                          0.10
PALESTINE                        0.10

...SELECTED STORM SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

CARTA VALLEY                     2.0 
ROCKSPINGES                      2.0
AUSTIN 7.5 N                     0.1 
ROCKDALE                         0.1 

AT 9 PM CST TUESDAY... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW
LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST FROM
NORTHERN MEXICO ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA.
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED TO INDICATE LIGHT TO OCCASSIONALLY
MODERATE SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS WITH A BAND OF FREEZING
RAIN LOCATED FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. AS TEMPERATURES DROP DURING THE NIGHT AND MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO STREAM IN FROM TEXAS...THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING
RAIN EXISTS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND POSSIBLY INTO
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWS SHOULD BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE BIG BEND REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MUCH
LESS ACROSS CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION
WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 AM CST TUESDAY.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS
EVENT.

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