NPWHGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
307 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 10 AM CST
SATURDAY MORNING...

.TEMPERATURES WILL BRIEFLY CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS
THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
DROP BELOW FREEZING AREA WIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...AND BOTTOM
OUT IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S MOST INLAND AREAS TONIGHT. IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT ICY SPOTS WILL DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY...
BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND...
COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN...
CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT...
FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON...
HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON...LAKE SOMERVILLE...
LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...MADISONVILLE...
MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...NAVASOTA...ONALASKA...PALACIOS...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND...
ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY...
THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...WHARTON...WILLIS...
WINNIE
307 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
SATURDAY...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY.

THE HARD FREEZE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH
LATE MORNING SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM
BRYAN TO NEW WAVERLY TO CLEVELAND. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...PARTIAL
CLEARING IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES
TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FOR 2 TO 5 HOURS. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AND REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING.

CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO BOTTOM OUT
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVER MOST
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE EXCEPTIONS WILL BE METRO HOUSTON WHICH
WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID 20S AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST WHICH WILL
BOTTOM OUT NEAR 30 DEGREES.

PATCHES OF ICE MAY RE-FORM TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ON
ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ONCE AGAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED
SURFACES LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL REMAIN ICY AND
HAZARDOUS.

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