STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR SNOW AND ICE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM 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 FROM ALONG
HIGHWAY I-10 NORTHWARD. AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBUACE
FROM MEXICO WILL LIFT MOIST AIR IN MID-LEVELS FROM THE PACIFIC TO
SUPPORT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS WITH A BAND OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA.

...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 3 PM CST
TUESDAY...

AUSTIN 7.5 N                     0.10 
ROCKDALE                         0.10 

AT 3 PM CST TUESDAY... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO
LOCALLY MODERATE PRECIPITATION STREAMING FROM NORTHERN MEXICO INTO
MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS... EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA.
PRECIPITATION COVERAGE HAS EXPANDED SOMEWHAT DURING THE AFTERNOON
ON TUESDAY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT THE PRECIPITATION
IS IN THE FORM OF LIGHT TO POSSIBLY MODERATE SNOW OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST TEXAS.  FURTHER SOUTH...A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN IS
LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

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 9 PM CST TUESDAY.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS
EVENT.

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