WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT

FROM KRBC CHIEF METEOROLOGIST RANDY TURNER ..
A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH NOON FRIDAY FOR ABILENE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES TO THE EAST, WEST AND NORTH. READ THE OFFICIAL ADVISORY BELOW.

COUNTIES SOUTH OF ABILENE (COLEMAN AND BROWNWOOD AREAS) ARE INCLUDED IN A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LESSER AMOUNTS OF ICE. AREAWIDE, HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS NOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

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 257 PM CST THU JAN 24 2008...

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PMCST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO12 PM CST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH ISNO LONGER IN EFFECT.RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ASTEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING...THE RAIN WILL MIX WITHFREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OFONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNINGACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVEFREEZING MID DAY FRIDAY WHEN PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALLRAIN. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TAKE TRAVEL PRECAUTIONS AS HAZARDOUSROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACESSUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATESTINFORMATION AND UPDATES RELATED TO THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

WATCH METEOROLOGIST BRANDON RECTOR FRIDAY MORNING ON KRBC WEST TEXAS TODAY FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. TEAM COVERAGE FROM THE NEWS DEPARTMENT FEATURING STEPHANIE HARRIS AND DARCY DUPREE MAKE KRBC THE STATION TO WATCH FOR UPDATES ON FRIDAY MORNING.