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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX

January 8, 20126 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 8, 2012, 2:36 PM CST for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 9, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 12 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
Jan 8, 2012, 2:36 PM CST (20:36 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 10, 2012, 3:46 AM CST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX

Counties Coke County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Irion County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 9, 6:30 PM CSTSNOW 113 W Sterling City, TXAPPROXIMATELY 1 INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND
Jan 9, 8:49 PM CSTSNOW 52 N Barnhart, TXDEPUTY REPORTED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG HIGHWAY 163 APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF BARNHART
Jan 9, 9:27 PM CSTSNOW 413 W Sterling City, TXSNOW WAS ONGOING
Jan 9, 10:14 PM CSTSNOW 34 Sw San Angelo, TXTHREE INCHES OF SNOW OFF OF TWIN MOUNTAIN ROAD
Jan 9, 10:36 PM CSTSNOW 5Roscoe, TX
Jan 9, 10:49 PM CSTSNOW 34 W San Angelo, TX
Jan 9, 10:51 PM CSTSNOW 3Robert Lee, TX2 TO 3 INCHES REPORTED IN ROBERT LEE
Jan 9, 11:00 PM CSTSNOW 36 Nne Wastella, TX
Jan 9, 11:03 PM CSTSNOW 4.53 Ssw San Angelo, TXBENTWOOD AREA
Jan 9, 11:41 PM CSTSNOW 4Christoval, TX
Jan 9, 11:50 PM CSTSNOW 2.65 Sw San Angelo, TXOBSERVING LIGHT SNOW.
Jan 10, 12:46 AM CSTSNOW 3.34 W San Angelo, TXOBSERVING LIGHT SNOW

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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

546 
WWUS44 KSJT 082036
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
236 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS..

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
LATE TONIGHT...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. AS THE SYSTEM
APPROACHES...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT...
CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL
BE POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND
NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...ESPECIALLY MONDAY. THE AREA WITH THE
BEST CHANCE OF SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH AND WEST
OF AN STERLING CITY TO ANSON TO HASKELL. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO
5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

TXZ049-054-064-090445-
/O.UPG.KSJT.WS.A.0001.120109T0600Z-120110T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KSJT.WS.W.0001.120109T1200Z-120110T1200Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY
236 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS
  RAINFALL THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX BY EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
  WARNING AREA BY LATE MORNING. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
  MONDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ065-098-113-090445-
/O.CON.KSJT.WS.A.0001.120109T0600Z-120110T1200Z/
COKE-HASKELL-JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...HASKELL...
STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN
236 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS
  RAINFALL THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX MONDAY MORNING. A
  GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA
  BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
  CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH 
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
563 
WWUS44 KSJT 090232
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
832 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS..

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
LATE TONIGHT...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. AS THE SYSTEM
APPROACHES...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...
CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL
BE POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND
NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...ESPECIALLY MONDAY. THE AREA WITH THE
BEST CHANCE OF SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH AND WEST
OF AN STERLING CITY TO ANSON TO HASKELL. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

TXZ049-054-064-091200-
/O.CON.KSJT.WS.W.0001.120109T1200Z-120110T1200Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY
832 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM
CST TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF TONIGHT AS RAIN...THEN
  TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A GRADUAL
  TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY
  LATE MORNING. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CURRENTLY
  APPEARS TO BE LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 6 INCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ066-071-072-076-127-091200-
/O.EXA.KSJT.WS.A.0001.120109T0600Z-120110T1200Z/
RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CROCKETT-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALLINGER...WINTERS...MERTZON...
SAN ANGELO...OZONA...ABILENE
832 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF TONIGHT AS RAIN...THEN
  TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX MONDAY MORNING. A GRADUAL
  TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA BY
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CURRENTLY
  APPEARS TO BE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH 
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

TXZ065-098-113-091200-
/O.CON.KSJT.WS.A.0001.120109T0600Z-120110T1200Z/
COKE-HASKELL-JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...HASKELL...
STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN
832 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF TONIGHT AS RAIN...THEN
  TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX MONDAY MORNING. A GRADUAL
  TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA BY
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CURRENTLY
  APPEARS TO BE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH 
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
730 
WWUS44 KSJT 091036
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
436 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS..

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL
INCREASE...CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW OR A
RAIN/SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO
VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...TODAY. THE AREA WITH THE
BEST CHANCE OF SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH AND WEST
OF A MERTZON...TO WATER VALLEY...TO ROBERT LEE...TO HAMLIN LINE.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

TXZ065-071-072-092200-
/O.UPG.KSJT.WS.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KSJT.WS.W.0001.120109T1200Z-120110T1200Z/
COKE-IRION-TOM GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...MERTZON...
SAN ANGELO
436 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF THIS MORNING AS RAIN...THEN
  TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY
  AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN
  THE WARNING AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE... WITH
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ049-054-064-092200-
/O.CON.KSJT.WS.W.0001.120109T1200Z-120110T1200Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY
436 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF THIS MORNING AS RAIN...THEN
  TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY
  AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN
  THE WARNING AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ066-076-098-113-127-092200-
/O.UPG.KSJT.WS.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.120109T1800Z-120110T1200Z/
RUNNELS-CROCKETT-HASKELL-JONES-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALLINGER...WINTERS...OZONA...HASKELL...
STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...ABILENE
436 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN THIS MORNING AND
  AFTERNOON...THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX BY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN
  THE WATCH AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE... WITH
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
114 
WWUS44 KSJT 092103
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
303 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS..

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE
BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...TONIGHT.
THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL
BE NORTH AND WEST OF A MERTZON...TO WATER VALLEY...TO ROBERT
LEE...TO HAMLIN LINE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

TXZ049-054-064-065-071-072-100500-
/O.EXT.KSJT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-IRION-TOM GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...MERTZON...SAN ANGELO
303 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A RAIN/SNOW MIX LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN
  THE WARNING AREA BY EARLY EVENING. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE FROM MID EVENING THROUGH
  TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH 
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ099-114-128-100500-
/O.EXB.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
THROCKMORTON-SHACKELFORD-CALLAHAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...ALBANY...
CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS
303 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A RAIN/SNOW MIX LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN
  THE WATCH AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE... 
  WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

TXZ066-076-098-113-127-100500-
/O.EXT.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
RUNNELS-CROCKETT-HASKELL-JONES-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALLINGER...WINTERS...OZONA...HASKELL...
STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...ABILENE
303 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND 
  DANGEROUS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WHICH FREEZE FIRST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A RAIN/SNOW MIX LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN
  THE WATCH AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE... 
  WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
442 
WWUS44 KSJT 092306
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
506 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT.. 

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED FOR
PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU...TONIGHT. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MERTZON...TO WATER VALLEY... TO ROBERT LEE...TO HAMLIN. SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

TXZ049-054-064-065-071-072-101000-
/O.CON.KSJT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-IRION-TOM GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...MERTZON...SAN ANGELO
506 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY... 

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLEET ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY
  AND DANGEROUS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES GENERALLY FREEZE FIRST.
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A RAIN/SNOW MIX EARLY THIS EVENING
  OCCASIONAL SLEET DEVELOPING AS THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO
  ALL SNOW. A GRADUAL CHANGE ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
  WARNING AREA...MAINLY AFTER SUNSET. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...SLEET
  ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 1/2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
  WESTERN BIG COUNTRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ066-076-098-099-113-114-127-128-101000-
/O.CON.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
RUNNELS-CROCKETT-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-
CALLAHAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALLINGER...WINTERS...OZONA...HASKELL...
THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...ALBANY...
ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS
506 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLEET ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY
  AND DANGEROUS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES GENERALLY FREEZE FIRST.
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A RAIN/SNOW MIX EARLY THIS EVENING
  OCCASIONAL SLEET DEVELOPING AS THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO
  ALL SNOW. A GRADUAL CHANGE ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
  WARNING AREA...MAINLY AFTER SUNSET. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

JOHNSON
929 
WWUS44 KSJT 100207
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
807 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT..

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED FOR
PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU...TONIGHT. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MERTZON...TO WATER VALLEY... TO ROBERT LEE...TO HAMLIN. SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

TXZ049-054-064-065-071-072-101015-
/O.CON.KSJT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-IRION-TOM GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...MERTZON...SAN ANGELO
807 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLEET ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY 
  AND DANGEROUS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES GENERALLY FREEZE FIRST. 
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A SLEET/SNOW MIX EARLY THIS
  EVENING TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE
  TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM MID
  EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...SLEET 
  ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 1/2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  WESTERN BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ073-077-101015-
/O.EXA.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
CONCHO-SCHLEICHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...ELDORADO
807 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
AM CST TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLEET ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY 
  AND DANGEROUS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES GENERALLY FREEZE FIRST. 
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A MIXTURE OF RAIN..SLEET AND SNOW
  EARLY THIS EVENING...EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO A SNOW AND
  SLEET MIX LATER TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
  AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

TXZ066-076-098-099-113-114-127-128-101015-
/O.CON.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
RUNNELS-CROCKETT-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-
CALLAHAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALLINGER...WINTERS...OZONA...HASKELL...
THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...ALBANY...
ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS
807 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLEET ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY 
  AND DANGEROUS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES GENERALLY FREEZE FIRST. 
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN HEAVIER 
  SNOW. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A RAIN AND SLEET MIX EARLY THIS
  EVENING WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED AROUND
  MIDNIGHT. THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
  OCCUR FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF
  1/4 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

JOHNSON
346 
WWUS44 KSJT 100524
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1124 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT..

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY
NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SONORA...EDEN...TO ABILENE. FARTHER
EAST...MOST OF OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN...BUT MAY
OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SLEET AND/OR SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
WILL BE CONFINED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM SWEETWATER...TO SAN
ANGELO WHERE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

TXZ049-054-064-065-071-072-101500-
/O.CON.KSJT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-IRION-TOM GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...MERTZON...SAN ANGELO
1124 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE REPORTED TO BE SLICK AND
  HAZARDOUS WITH MANY ROADWAYS COVERED IN SLUSH OR A LIGHT
  SNOW PACK. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN
  HEAVIER SNOW. THE WET HEAVY SNOW WILL WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES
  AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN SOME LOCATIONS. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY FALL AS ALL SNOW...ALTHOUGH
  A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN
  BIG COUNTRY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
  ARE POSSIBLE...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 4 TO 7
  INCHES IN SOME AREAS. IN ADDITION...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR
  1/2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TXZ066-073-076-077-098-099-113-114-127-128-101500-
/O.CON.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
RUNNELS-CONCHO-CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-
SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALLINGER...WINTERS...EDEN...OZONA...
ELDORADO...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...
HAMLIN...ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS
1124 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS: SNOW AND SLEET ON ROADWAYS WILL RESULT IN DANGERS
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES GENERALLY FREEZE
  FIRST...SO CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA ROADS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
  REDUCED TO LESS THAN 2 MILES IN HEAVIER SNOW.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BE A RAIN AND SLEET MIX EARLY THIS
  MORNING BUT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND
  SNOW LATER TONIGHT WITH SNOW COMING TO AN END AFTER SUNRISE
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA ALTHOUGH SLEET MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW
  MAY REDUCE AMOUNTS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 OF AN INCH ARE
  POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

JOHNSON
045 
WWUS44 KSJT 100946
WSWSJT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
346 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES CANCELLED...

.WITH SNOWFALL QUICKLY ENDING EARLY THIS MORNING...THE WINTER
STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE CANCELLED. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS BEFORE ENDING COMPLETELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IN
ADDITION...ANY SNOWFALL STILL OCCURRING WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO
RAIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 

TXZ049-054-064-065-071-072-101100-
/O.CAN.KSJT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-IRION-TOM GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...MERTZON...SAN ANGELO
346 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SNOWFALL HAS ALL BUT ENDED IN THE CONCHO VALLEY WITH ONLY LIGHT
SNOWSHOWERS OCCURRING IN THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING
BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS
CANCELLED. 

$$

TXZ066-073-076-077-098-099-113-114-127-128-101100-
/O.CAN.KSJT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1500Z/
RUNNELS-CONCHO-CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-
SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALLINGER...WINTERS...EDEN...OZONA...
ELDORADO...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...
HAMLIN...ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS
346 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 30S...THE PRECIPITATION
IS GENERALLY IN LIQUID FORM IN THE ADVISORY AREAS...AND WILL
LIKELY REMAIN THAT WAY BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE CANCELLED. 

$$

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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 8, 11:57 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 11:57 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1157 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

.DISCUSSION...
AVIATION DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.

&&

.AVIATION...
AN UPPER LOW WILL BRING LOW CIGS AND RAIN TO MUCH OF WC TX TONIGHT
AND MONDAY ALONG WITH SOME SNOW MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM KABI TO
KSJT.

EXPECT CIGS TO VARY BETWEEN VFR TO MVFR AT MOST TAF SITES TODAY
AS BOTH THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH AND THE UPPER
LOW APPROACHES FROM MEXICO. EXPECT MVFR CIGS THIS EVENING WHICH
SHOULD GIVE WAY TO IFR CIGS/VIS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT MOST TAF
SITES. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED TSTORMS TO OVERSPREAD
THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z MONDAY. THE
SNOW SHOULD BEGIN ANYTIME AFTER 12Z MAINLY WEST OF KABI AND KSJT
TOMORROW.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1109 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2012/

UPDATE...
SENT OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO LOWER TEMPS ABOUT 3 TO 5 DEGREES BECAUSE
OF CLOUD COVER AND CURRENT OBSERVATIONS.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 508 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2012/

DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW...

AVIATION...
EXTENSIVE MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH
OF THE DAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF
THE NORTH BEHIND A COLD FRONT AT KSJT...KABI AND KBBD...AND OUT OF
THE EAST AT KJCT AND KSOA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CEILINGS WILL
STEADILY DETERIORATE BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. EXPECT MVFR
TO IFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z AT ALL TAF SITES.
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z AND HAVE
INCLUDED VCSH AT ALL TAF SITES. A CHANGEOVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX
COULD BE POSSIBLE AT KABI AND KSJT BY 12Z...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT
HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRENT TAF PACKAGE.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 428 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2012/

SHORT TERM...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED OVER THE DESSERT
SOUTHWEST...WITH A CUTOFF LOW AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER
CENTRAL ARIZONA. AS THIS LOW SLOWLY APPROACHES WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS...A COLD FRONT STEADILY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. THE
COMBINATION OF EXTENSIVE MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS AND DECENT
COLD AIR ADVECTION SHOULD HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES
DOWN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY WHERE AN EARLIER
FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW
TO MID 50S OVER THE BIG COUNTRY...WITH MID 60S ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.

SLIGHT MODEL DIFFERENCES ARISE BEYOND 00Z WITH THE TRACK OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED LOW. THE GFS IS THE FASTEST AND FARTHEST NORTH WITH
THE TRACK OF THE LOW...WHILE THE ECMWF/CANADIAN ARE SLOWER AND
FARTHER SOUTH. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS STILL
DIGGING SOUTH...THE SLOWER/MORE SOUTHERN TRACK OF THE ECMWF IS
FAVORED AND THE CURRENT FORECAST REFLECTS THIS. PRECIPITATION
CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER 00Z...THEN MARKEDLY INCREASE
AFTER 06Z AS THE LOW APPROACHES. CURRENT MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS
AND AFTER TAKING A LOOK AT 850MB/700MB TEMPERATURES...BELIEVE ALL
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN BEFORE 06Z. AFTER
06Z...A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL BE LIKELY MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A
MERTZON...TO ROBERT LEE...TO HAMLIN LINE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE MID 30S..SO DO NOT EXPECT A
LOT OF ACCUMULATION. A FEW AREAS COULD SEE UP TO HALF AN INCH OF
SNOW BEFORE 12Z. A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE EXACT TRACK
OF THE LOW AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES. A DEVIATION OF JUST A FEW
DEGREES COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEEING ALL RAIN...OR
SEEING SNOW ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BEFORE 12Z.

LONG TERM...
THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE LONG TERM WILL OBVIOUSLY BE THE POTENTIAL
FOR A HEAVY SNOW EVENT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.

BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WE ARE EXPECTING A WINTER WEATHER TO BE
UNDERWAY FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS AREAS AS THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY DIGGING SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN AZ MAKES ITS WAY
INTO WEST TEXAS.

MODELS ARE SPLIT ON STORM TRACK FOR THE MID LEVEL LOW ONCE IT
REACHES TEXAS. THE GFS/NAM SOLUTIONS ARE FARTHER NORTH AND A BIT
FASTER THAN THE ECMWF/CMC TRACKS. THE ECMWF/CMC WOULD BE MUCH MORE
FAVORABLE FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT FOR WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS...RESULTING IN COLDER/MORE SATURATED ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS
FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND AREAS AS WELL
AS THE BIG COUNTRY. HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE BEEN QUITE 'BACK AND
FORTH' ON THIS NEXT SYSTEM...SO WE WILL TAKE A CONSERVATIVE
APPROACH WITH THE SNOW FORECAST. WE EXPECT PRECIPITATION ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW BEGINNING MONDAY
MORNING ALONG AND GENERALLY WEST OF A MERTZON...TO ABILENE...TO
HASKELL LINE. THIS LINE COULD MOVE FARTHER EAST/SOUTH DEPENDING
ON THE TRACK OF THE MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW. JUST A SLIGHT DEVIATION
FARTHER SOUTH OF 50 MILES OR SO WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE
IN THE FORECAST. IN OTHER WORDS...IF THE TRACK IS FARTHER
SOUTH...AREAS AS FAR SOUTH AS SAN ANGELO COULD SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. FOR NOW THOUGH...WE HAVE ISSUED THE WINTER
WEATHER WATCH FOR HASKELL/JONES/FISHER/NOLAN/COKE/STERLING
COUNTIES BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH 6 AM
TUESDAY MORNING. MID/UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS REALLY MOVE INTO THE
AREA BETWEEN 6 AM AND 6 PM MONDAY...BRINGING LARGE SCALE LIFT INTO
THE FORECAST AREA. THIS IS WHEN WE EXPECT TO SEE THE BEST COVERAGE
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AT TIMES FOR AREAS WEST OF A HASKELL TO
BRONTE TO MERTZON LINE. EXPECT TO SEE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SNOW TO
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY FOR THE BIG COUNTRY AS THE
STORM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST...AND THE BIG COUNTRY IS LEFT IN THE
'WRAP- AROUND' PORTION OF THE SYSTEM. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD
REACH AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY AREA WHERE THE TRANSITION
FROM RAIN TO SNOW COULD OCCUR EARLIER. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END
FOR THE MOST PART BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE COOL AREA WIDE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
MOVING RIGHT OVER THE AREA AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT. 850MB
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA...AND CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO HELP KEEP
TEMPERATURES NEARLY 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR. HAVE GONE WITH FAIRLY COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY
BEHIND THE SYSTEM FOR THE BIG COUNTRY AREAS WHERE WE EXPECT THE
BEST CHANCE OF SNOW. HOWEVER...THE REST OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE
CLEARING SKIES AND A QUICK TURNAROUND IN TEMPERATURES FROM MONDAY
TO MUCH WARMER VALUES. CONTINUED WARMING IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
BEFORE ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. MODERATING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH DRY WEATHER.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 55  36  37  33  46 /  10  70  80  60  20
SAN ANGELO 	 58  37  38  32  53 /  10  70  80  40  10
JUNCTION 	 62  43  48  33  56 /  10  70  50  20   0

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COKE...FISHER...HASKELL...JONES...
NOLAN...STERLING.

&&

26/24/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 4:28 AM CST, 10 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
428 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

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428 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN BIG
COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY. A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY
ALONG AND WEST OF MERTZON...TO ROBERT LEE...TO HAMLIN LINE.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN BIG
COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A GRADUAL
TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE BIG
COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY ON MONDAY...WITH PRIMARILY SNOW WEST OF
A HASKELL..TO BRONTE...TO MERTZON LINE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

DANIELS

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 4:33 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchSJTCoke, Crockett, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jones and 5 more24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.