Aiken, TX Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

509 AM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010

Expires:

515 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...THERE WILL BE A LOW PROBABILITY OF HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...AND PERHAPS LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL BECOME LIMITED BY LATE EVENING AS A MORE STABLE AIRMASS RAPIDLY OVERSPREADS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. WINTER WEATHER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. NON PRECIPITATION NORTHERLY WINDS MAY BECOME SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOWFALL MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY OVER MUCH OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE LIMITED NATURE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT. HOWEVER...LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE URGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF WEATHER RELATED IMPACTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK.