STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR SNOW AND ICE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS
MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL TEXAS...ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR WITH ICE STORM WARNINGS
JUST NORTH OF THE HOUSTON METRO AREA...

...WINTER STORM WATCHES COVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN TEXAS...ALONG THE
SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS.  WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

COLD AIR IS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL MONDAY NIGHT AS ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS CONTINUES TO PUSH COLD AIR SOUTH.
AT THE SAME TIME MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND PACIFIC WILL
COMBINE OVER THE REGION WITH PRECIPITATION EXPANDING AND
INCREASING IN INTENSITY.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWS SHOULD BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BIG
BEND REGION WHERE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. 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 THAT WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES.

AT 9 PM CST MONDAY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT
PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING SOUTHERN TEXAS. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
REACHING THE GROUND.

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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