STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR SNOW AND ICE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST TUES JAN 16 2007

...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IMPACTING
SOUTHERN TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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. 

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS HAS LOCKED IN COLD AIR ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER
NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. MOISTURE FROM
THE GULF OF MEXICO AND PACIFIC WILL COMBINE OVER THE REGION...
SUPPORTING PRECIPITATION ACROSS TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF MONDAY
EVENING...

...TEXAS...

HEARNE                           0.10 
FRANKLIN                         0.10
OAKWOOD                          0.10
PALESTINE                        0.10

...SELECTED STORM SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 8 AM CST
TUESDAY...

AUSTIN 7.5 N                     0.1 

AT 8 AM CST TUESDAY... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT
PRECIPITATION STREAMING FROM NORTHERN MEXICO INTO MUCH OF CENTRAL
TEXAS... EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA. PRECIPITATION COVERAGE
IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...
AFFECTING AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DRY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
REACHING THE GROUND OVER MUCH OF THE AFFECTED AREA.

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 THAT WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

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

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