Winter Storm Warning-Corpus Christi, Texas

12/24/04 | The South Texan

[The South Texan]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 755 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2004

TXZ231>234-244>247-251000- /X.UPG.KCRP.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-041225T1000Z/ /X.NEW.KCRP.WS.W.0004.041225T0154Z-041225T1000Z/ ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-GOLIAD-LIVE OAK-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARANSAS PASS...BEEVILLE...GEORGE WEST... GOLIAD...INGLESIDE...MATHIS...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR... PORTLAND...REFUGIO...ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...SINTON...SKIDMORE... THREE RIVERS AND VICTORIA 755 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2004

...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI TX HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND...NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS AND THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S AND A BRISK NORTH WIND WILL ALSO MAKE CONDITIONS MORE HAZARDOUS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE TREACHEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. MANY ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ICE OVER AND THEREFORE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS, SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

TXZ229-230-239>243-251000- /X.CON.KCRP.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-041225T1000Z/ DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-NUECES-WEBB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI... COTULLA...ENCINAL...KINGSVILLE...LAREDO...PORT ARANSAS... ROBSTOWN AND TILDEN 755 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2004

...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY FALL MODERATELY AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S AND A BRISK NORTH WIND WILL ALSO MAKE CONDITIONS MORE HAZARDOUS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE TREACHEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. MANY ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ICE OVER AND THEREFORE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

[Free Trapper]

I'm on the Red River(about 70 mi.North of Dallas and a little West)and tonight might be in the teens but all roads are clear.

After tonight the forecast has no freezing temps.My outfit will be going camping in the morning for our Christmas get together and everything looks good,weatherwise,for at least a week.

[TMSuchman]

Oh WWWWAAAAA Texas, it is -4 deg F with 6 inches of snow on the ground with 2 more comming later.

[CindyDawg]

Where are you from?

[native texan]

tep, you better duck...:0)

[MEG33]

Yeah, but we don't own a snow shovel!..

[TMSuchman]

Southeast Michigan, aprox 5 min. south of Michigan Int. Speedway.

[native texan]

that's yep!

[CindyDawg]

Ok. When yall are having heat problems at 80, I'll remember this when we are a tad warm at 108:') Just kidding. It's so rare around here that we do get excited. Unfortunately , since we don't get the opportunities to learn we don't drive well in it. If our freeway wasn't shut down it would still be pedal to the floor and tail gating. I don't even drive on it when it's been raining.

[jdub]

armadillos will go underground. I was thinking of the whooping cranes at Aransas NWR.

[TMSuchman]

I spent 10 years roomping around the deserts of 29 Palms, CA. & Yuma, AZ. I LOVE the heat, I sometimes think of my self as a large rattlesnake out baking on a rock. Anything over 90 feels great to me! :) I used to work in temps that exceded 130 deg F on the airfiels in Yuma during the summers.

[CindyDawg]

Well I will consider myself put in my place lol. It's stil cold here though. 2 of my sons are in the navy and I went to Chicago to see them graduate. It was a lot colder but it didn't feel like it until I was out in it for awhile. The wind here, is what gets you.

[CyberAnt]

Thanks!

[CyberAnt]

Thanks for the info and the link.

[Orange1998]

Snow in Houston a rare event. Snow in Houston on Christmas Eve..... Priceless!!

This snow is unlike others since it really is blowing heavy.

[Johnny Crab]

Same here 100 miles SW of Houston(moved here in 1989 during the snow!). We have 5 inches now(10:53 CST) and it's still coming down hard! Our remaining 2 children(of 6) at home are loving it and we are too. A white Christmas for 2004.

Maybe the Global Cooling stuff we were fed in the 1970's was right too!

[DaGman]

RGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1008 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2004

TXZ230-240>243-251000-
/X.UPG.KCRP.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-041225T1000Z/
/X.EXA.KCRP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-041225T1000Z/
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-MCMULLEN-NUECES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI...
KINGSVILLE...PORT ARANSAS...ROBSTOWN AND TILDEN
1008 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2004

...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL BEND AND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAINS AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS
AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SATURDAY...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND RESULT IN
OCCASIONAL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES AND
ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 37.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S AND A BRISK NORTH WIND WILL ALSO MAKE
CONDITIONS MORE HAZARDOUS WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1
MILE. THE SNOW WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TRAVEL WILL BE QUITE TREACHEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
MANY ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ICE OVER AND THEREFORE
CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS, SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER
SAFETY RULES, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

[TexasCajun]

Snowing in Seabrook, accumulating and sticking!

What a sight it will be in the morning. Woo-Hoo! Merry Christmas!

[DaGman]

Victoria Weather at 11:00 PM
Heavy Snow / 28F -2C
Wind: Northwest at 7
Humidity: 96%
Dewpoint: 27 F
Pressure 30.34F
Wind Chill: 21F -6C
Visibility 1/4 WCI 21

[DaGman]

And this one is the wildest:

Galveston Weather at 11:00 PM
Light Snow / 33F 1C
Wind: North at 21
Humidity: 88%
Dewpoint: 30 F
Pressure 30.24F
Wind Chill: 21F -6C

[The South Texan]

I'd say it has snowed 2-3 inches here at my house in Northwest Corpus Christi since 7:00 PM and there is snow all the way back to Laredo moving this way and that is some 150 miles away.

5-8 looks very possible.