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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
224 AM CST SUN JAN 19 2025
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-192200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WS.A.0001.250121T0000Z-250122T0000Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-
HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GONZALES, BANDERA, FLORESVILLE, SAN
ANTONIO, PLEASANTON, HALLETTSVILLE, SAN MARCOS, BASTROP, NEW
BRAUNFELS, LOCKHART, KERRVILLE, GIDDINGS, HONDO, AUSTIN, SEGUIN,
GEORGETOWN, KARNES CITY, CUERO, BOERNE, PEARSALL, BURNET, LLANO,
LA GRANGE, BLANCO, AND FREDERICKSBURG
224 AM CST SUN JAN 19 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON HILL COUNTRY, I-35 CORRIDOR, AND COASTAL PLAINS...
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE HILL COUNTRY, I-35
CORRIDOR, AND COASTAL PLAINS. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO TWO INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY
MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
PLEASE STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST GO
OUTSIDE, DRESS IN LAYERS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL KEEP YOU
WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO REDUCE YOUR
RISK OF FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. GLOVES, A SCARF, AND A HAT WILL
KEEP YOU FROM LOSING YOUR BODY HEAT.
CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY,
DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG
WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS, BOOSTER CABLES,
FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS, AND EXTRA CLOTHING. ALSO TAKE WATER, A
FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE
YOU BECOME STRANDED.
BF
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