Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2011, 8:57 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 19 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2011, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2011, 3:31 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Denver City, TX | |
| Dec 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Littlefield, TX | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN LITTLEFIELD. ROADS COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED. |
| Dec 24, 10:31 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Ne Cotton Center, TX | THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN COTTON CENTER. ROADS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH A VISIBILITY AROUND ONE-EIGHTH OF A MILE. |
| Dec 24, 10:46 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Enochs, TX | 4 INCHES OF SNOW RPORTED ON THE GROUND IN ENOCHS. ROADS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL. |
| Dec 24, 12:53 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Anton, TX | 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN ANTON...ROADS COMPLETLY COVERED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
071 WWUS44 KLUB 240257 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 857 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM THE WEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS ON SATURDAY BEFORE EXITING THE REGION PERHAPS AS LATE AS CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND EXPAND SLOWLY EAST AND NORTHEAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING CHRISTMAS DAY. TXZ033-039-241200- /O.UPG.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.111224T0300Z-111225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.WS.W.0004.111224T0300Z-111225T0000Z/ COCHRAN-YOAKUM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORTON...PLAINS...DENVER CITY 857 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND FOUR INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO SIX INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ027-034-040-041-241200- /O.CON.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.111224T0300Z-111225T0000Z/ BAILEY-HOCKLEY-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LEVELLAND...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...ODONNELL 857 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND THROUGHOUT THE ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWS SHOULD DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY... THUS MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
067 WWUS44 KLUB 241114 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 514 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION TODAY INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM THE WEST TODAY AND MAY LINGER NEAR OR ACROSS THE AREA INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...AREAS OF SNOW WILL EXPAND INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...A DRIER AIR MASS RESIDING ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE ADVANCING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A SHARP CUTOFF OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SOMEWHERE FROM THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW CHANCES MAY EXPAND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLLING PLAINS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LINGERS OVERHEAD. BEFORE THEN...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR TWO...ARE ANTICIPATED FROM AROUND LITTLEFIELD TO LUBBOCK TO JUSTICEBURG TODAY. TXZ033-039-242200- /O.EXT.KLUB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ COCHRAN-YOAKUM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORTON...PLAINS...DENVER CITY 514 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ028-035-042-043-242200- /O.EXB.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ LAMB-LUBBOCK-GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...POST...JAYTON 514 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: AREAS OF SNOW WILL EXPAND INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ027-034-040-041-242200- /O.EXT.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ BAILEY-HOCKLEY-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LEVELLAND...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...ODONNELL 514 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
989 WWUS44 KLUB 241343 AAA WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 743 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION TODAY INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM THE WEST TODAY AND MAY LINGER NEAR OR ACROSS THE AREA INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...AREAS OF SNOW WILL EXPAND INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...A DRIER AIR MASS RESIDING ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE ADVANCING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A SHARP CUTOFF OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SOMEWHERE FROM THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW CHANCES MAY EXPAND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLLING PLAINS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LINGERS OVERHEAD. BEFORE THEN...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR TWO...ARE ANTICIPATED FROM AROUND LITTLEFIELD TO PLAINVIEW TO LUBBOCK TO JUSTICEBURG TODAY. TXZ033-039-242200- /O.CON.KLUB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ COCHRAN-YOAKUM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORTON...PLAINS...DENVER CITY 743 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ029-242200- /O.EXA.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ HALE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLAINVIEW 743 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: AREAS OF SNOW WILL EXPAND INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ027-034-040-041-242200- /O.CON.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ BAILEY-HOCKLEY-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LEVELLAND...BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA...ODONNELL 743 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ028-035-042-043-242200- /O.CON.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ LAMB-LUBBOCK-GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...LUBBOCK... SLATON...WOLFFORTH...POST...JAYTON 743 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: AREAS OF SNOW WILL EXPAND INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
069 WWUS44 KLUB 241654 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1054 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION TODAY INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM THE WEST TODAY AND MAY LINGER NEAR OR ACROSS THE AREA INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SNOW BAND WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ON THE CAPROCK. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH AREAS WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONALLY...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND INTO THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING AND NIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...A DRIER AIR MASS RESIDING ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE ADVANCING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A SHARP CUTOFF OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. SNOW CHANCES MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLLING PLAINS AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LINGERS OVERHEAD. THUS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA. TXZ027>029-034-035-040-041-250100- /O.UPG.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH... BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 1054 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND EXPAND ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS TODAY...AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO SIX INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ033-039-250100- /O.CON.KLUB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ COCHRAN-YOAKUM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORTON...PLAINS...DENVER CITY 1054 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ042-043-250100- /O.CON.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POST...JAYTON 1054 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
714 WWUS44 KLUB 242131 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 331 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD WEST TEXAS TONIGHT AND MAY LINGER NEAR OR ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT...WITH SOME LOCALIZED HEAVIER SNOW BANDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT AND INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AS THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THUS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS NIGHT. TXZ027>029-033>035-039>041-250545- /O.CAN.KLUB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111225T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T1200Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON... PLAINVIEW...MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH... PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...ODONNELL 331 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATE CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ042-043-250545- /O.EXT.KLUB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111225T1200Z/ GARZA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POST...JAYTON 331 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATE CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 23, 5:43 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 5:43 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 543 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT COULD BE THREATENED TEMPORARILY AT LBB AS AN EAST-WEST BAND OF SNOW AND LOWER CIGS CONTINUE DRIFTING NORTH FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN. GREATEST OBSTACLE TO THIS PRECIP AND SUB-VFR CIGS IS A WEDGE OF DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS THAT IS BEING REINFORCED BY DRY NORTHERLY WINDS. SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW COULD EMERGE AT LBB AFTER SUNSET...BUT WITH THE BRUNT OF LIFT FOCUSING FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST WE SEE LITTLE/NO THREAT TO VFR CONDITIONS. EXPECT THIS TO CHANGE CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING AS AN UPPER LOW DRAWS CLOSER LIKELY ACCOMPANIED BY MVFR CIGS AND MINOR VIS REDUCTIONS FROM LIGHT SNOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011/ SHORT TERM... MAIN CONCERN IS INCREASING CHANCES OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OF INTEREST DRAWS CLOSER TO THE REGION. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BEGUN TO MAKE AN EASTWARD JOG TOWARDS THE REGION...AS IT NEARED FAR SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA/SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO PER 21Z WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. LOOKING AT THE SFC...IT IS OF NOTE TO MENTION THAT AREAS SUCH AS KROW...KCNM AND KHOB WERE EXPERIENCING LIGHT SNOW...WITH ONE INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND REPORTED AT KHOB AND A LIGHT DUSTING COVERING GRASSY AREAS AND A FEW ROADWAYS AT MORTON AND FARWELL...ALL OF WHICH ARE DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SYSTEM. THIS HINTS AT UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS SLOWLY TRANSLATING EAST TOWARDS THE REGION. HOWEVER...A 1035 MB SFC RIDGE NE OF THE REGION HAS INDUCED GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH PLAINS. A SLOW DETERIORATION OF CLOUDS FROM NE TO SW CAN BE SEEN VIA VIS SATELLITE AS 21Z KLBB METAR REPORTED FEW MVFR CLOUD DECKS. THIS RIDGE IS PROGGED TO SLIDE SOUTH TO PORTIONS OF THE CWA TONIGHT. KEEPING THAT IN MIND...MODELS HAVE DEFINITELY COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT IN REGARD TO THE STORM/S FORECASTED TRACK BY EXHIBITING THE CENTER OF THE UA LOW TO NEAR FAR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT...TO ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN/FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS TOMORROW EVENING. THIS TRACK SUGGESTS THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INITIALLY OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ZONES TONIGHT...AND EXPAND TO PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. HOWEVER...MODEL SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS ARE DISPLAYING DRYING LOW LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE SFC RIDGING INDUCING SUPPRESSION. THUS...THIS WILL HAVE TO BE OVER COME WHICH IS INDEED HINTED AT WITH SFC WINDS VEERING TO A MORE UPSLOPE WIND COMPONENT WHILE CONCURRENTLY BETTER SYNOPTIC LIFT SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. CURRENT THINKING IS TO MAINTAIN HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN LOCALES TONIGHT...WITH BEST POPS SHIFTING TO THE CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WILL THEREFORE MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN ZONES AND THE SPECIAL WEATHER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE REMAINDER CWA...HOWEVER ENHANCED WORDING IS VALIDATED DUE TO HOLIDAY TRAVEL COMMENCING. TEMPS TONIGHT WILL BE CHILLY DESPITE THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF CLOUD COVER DUE TO THE APPROACHING SYSTEM...WITH LOWER 20S NW TO MID 20S SE EXPECTED. DAY TIME HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL REMAIN BELOW CLIMO AS CLOUDS HANG ON...EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS SOME SCT-BKN DECKS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN LOCALES. THUS...A BIT OF A TEMP GRADIENT WILL ENSUE WITH MID 40S NE TO LOWER 30S SW ANTICIPATED. LONG TERM... INTERESTING CHANGES REGARDING THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER ALONG SONORA-ARIZONA-NEW MEXICO BORDER HAS LED US TO INCREASE SNOW AND RAIN/SNOW CHANCES FOR SATURDAY EVENING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. ALL SOLUTIONS BRING LOW FROM NEAR PECOS 00Z SUNDAY TO NEAR LAMESA-BROWNFIELD AT 06Z SUNDAY THEN TO VICINITY DICKENS 12Z SUNDAY...AND MATADOR AROUND 00Z MONDAY. SOLUTIONS DIVERGE WITH TIME...FASTEST STILL THE GFS AND SLOWEST STILL THE UKMET. BUT EVEN GFS HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY AND ALL SOLUTIONS ARE SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. WE HAVE TRENDED TOWARDS THIS TRACK AND SLOWER MOVEMENT. SYSTEM APPEARS THAT IT WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT MOISTURE DEPRIVED... HOWEVER...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER LEVELS. MODEST OMEGA FIELD SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN ZONES SATURDAY EVENING WILL HAVE THIS INITIAL DRY LAYER TO OVERCOME. INTENSITY REMAINS FAIRLY UNCHANGED DURING PASSAGE...THOUGH SOME SOLUTIONS ACTUALLY DEEPEN SYSTEM ON SUNDAY AS IT IS PASSING TO THE EAST AND DEVELOP MODEST TROWAL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS ZONES. AT THIS TIME WE ARE LEANING TOWARDS LESS DEEPENING AND THUS LESS INTENSE RAIN/SNOW RATES. ALSO WE HAVE ONLY INCREASED CHANCES MODESTLY INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY AND HELD CHANCES ALL DAY SUNDAY AND EVENING INTO THE EVENING FOR THE ROLLING PLAINS. STILL...THIS IS A FAIRLY LARGE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AND WE DID NOT WANT TO BITE IT ALL OFF WITH THIS ONE FORECAST PACKAGE. SO...WE WILL RELY ON FURTHER INPUT/IMPROVEMENT FROM NEXT SHIFTS. FOR SNOW TOTALS WE AGREED WITH WWD ASSESSMENT OF AN INCH OR TWO ON THE CAPROCK...WHICH MIGHT BE EXCESSIVE IF MOISTURE SHORTAGE CANT BE OVERCOME. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT...WE ARE NOT CONVINCED THAT THE ROLLING PLAINS WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW. IT COULD...BUT IF WARM ADVECTION LAYER DEEPENS THAN PHASE MAY FAVOR LIQUID. SO WE HUNG WITH RAIN/SNOW MIX FOR THE MOST PART OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS. LITTLE CHANGE BEYOND WITH GRADUAL EARLY WEEK WARM-UP SETTLING INTO A MILD AND SOMEWHAT BREEZY WEEK AHEAD. RMCQUEEN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 20 38 22 46 19 / 20 10 10 10 10 TULIA 21 39 25 42 21 / 10 10 20 20 10 PLAINVIEW 21 38 25 40 22 / 20 20 30 20 10 LEVELLAND 22 36 25 39 21 / 40 40 30 20 10 LUBBOCK 22 37 25 38 23 / 30 50 40 30 10 DENVER CITY 23 33 25 40 20 / 70 60 40 20 10 BROWNFIELD 23 34 25 39 21 / 60 60 50 20 10 CHILDRESS 24 45 28 39 26 / 10 10 20 30 20 SPUR 24 38 28 40 25 / 20 40 40 30 10 ASPERMONT 25 40 28 43 26 / 20 40 30 20 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ027-033-034-039>041. && 99/99/93
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 3:50 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 350 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 TXZ021>044-242200- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 350 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A MULESHOE TO LEVELLAND TO TAHOKA LINE COULD RECEIVE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW...MAINLY LIGHT...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...INTO SATURDAY EVENING... AND POSSIBLY EVEN SUNDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS WHICH COULD LEAD TO ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. THE CHANCES FOR SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SNOWFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK.
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Special weather statement, Dec 23, 3:53 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 353 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 TXZ021>026-028>032-035>038-042>044-241200- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD- MOTLEY-COTTLE-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...MATADOR... ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH... CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE...POST...JAYTON... ASPERMONT 353 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS WEEKEND... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY APPROACH WEST TEXAS BRINGING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT...SATURDAY.... AND EVEN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. INITIALLY...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS LATE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW CHANCES EXPANDING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS ON SATURDAY. SNOW CHANCES MAY PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA LATE ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. ELSEWHERE...FROM THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS...A DUSTING TO AN INCH OR TWO MAY BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.
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