000 WWUS44 KLUB 300530 WSWLUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...UPPER LOW MOVING NORTH ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BORDER LATE THIS EVENING. DRY AIR HAS WORKED EASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTH FLANK OF THE LOW AND HAS EFFECTIVELY SHUT OFF THE PRECIPITATION. SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE. ONLY VERY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY STILL FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST LATE SATURDAY INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA....WITH THE PRECIPITATION WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ024-028-033-301100- /O.CAN.KLUB.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061230T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.SN.Y.0004.061230T0530Z-061230T1800Z/ BRISCOE-LAMB-COCHRAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...LITTLEFIELD... OLTON...MORTON 1130 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS TAKING A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK. THIS COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PRECLUDE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TXZ029-300630- /O.CAN.KLUB.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061230T2100Z/ HALE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLAINVIEW 1130 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT DRY AIR PUSHING INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS ALONG WITH RELATIVELY WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ TXZ030-034>036-039-040-300630- /O.CAN.KLUB.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061230T2100Z/ FLOYD-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...PLAINS... DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD 1130 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT DRY AIR PUSHING INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS ALONG WITH RELATIVELY WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ TXZ021>023-027-301100- /O.EXT.KLUB.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...MULESHOE 1130 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVIER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$