840 WWUS44 KMAF 311018 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 418 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FOR A WINTRY MIX THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .LIGHT FREEZING FOG AND DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. ROAD SURFACES... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...REMAIN ICED OVER. OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND EXPOSED STAIRWAYS... WILL ALSO REMAIN ICED OVER AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN LIGHT... ANY EXTRA ICING ON ROAD SURFACES WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS...BRIDGES... AND OVERPASSES ARE CLOSED AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 3 MILES. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM FIFTEEN ABOVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-010000- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 418 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /318 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE... FREEZING FOG... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND LIGHT SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH WITH A FEW LOCATIONS UP TO 0.20 OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$