Winter Storm Warning for Taylor & Area Counties

FISHER-NOLAN-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-
CALLAHAN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...HASKELL...
THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...ALBANY...
ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS
1117 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS UPGRADED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUE ACROSS
MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY...WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE LOW
TO MID 20S.

LATER THIS EVENING...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET ARE
POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH CAN
BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WILL END BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES MAY STILL BE SLICK UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.