Winter Storm Warning Issued for Victoria County
The Winter Storm Warning for Victoria County has been updated once again by the National Weather Service. Both the Wind Chill Watch and Freeze Watch have been elevated to warnings.
- Winter Storm Warning: Sun 6 pm to Mon 12 pm
- Wind Chill Warning: Sun 6 pm to Tue 12 pm
- Freeze Warning: Sun 6 pm to Tue 12 pm
Patchy light rain and freezing drizzle is expected over South Texas and the Crossroads area. The greatest threat will be to Victoria and the Coastal Bend. While the icing is not expected to be significant, ice may develop on bridges and overpasses, and other surfaces.
The Winter Storm Watch issued for South Texas on Friday was updated to a Winter Storm Warning on Saturday afternoon.
- Winter Storm Warning: Sun 6 pm to Mon 12 pm
- Wind Chill Watch: Sun 6 pm to Tue 12 pm
- Freeze Watch: Sun 6 pm to Tue 12 pm
The update for Victoria county is due to the chance for heavy mixed precipitation that may occur with this winter storm. Total accumulations may be up to one inch of wintry precipitation. The winds may gust up to 35mpg with wind chills possibly reaching near zero at times during the duration of the warning.
Avoid travel during the warning if possible as road conditions could quickly deteriorate. If you have to go out consider having a flashlight, food/water, and maybe even a blanket with you in case of an emergency. Road conditions for the state of Texas are available by dialing 5-1-1.
The National Weather Service has issued several watches for South Texas and the Crossroads as a winter storm is expected to bring what could be historically low temperatures to Victoria Sunday night and Monday.
- Winter Storm Watch: Sun 6 pm to Mon 6 pm
- Wind Chill Watch: Sun 6 pm to Tue 12 pm
- Freeze Watch: Sun 6 pm to Tue 12 pm
You may have heard about the extreme 130 car pile-up on I-35 in Fort Worth just days ago? The extreme cold and icy conditions created some pretty awful spots along the highway and motorists hitting the ice could not stop in time to avoid several accidents. Those very cold temperatures will be here in the Crossroads very soon.
Temps Saturday and Sunday will struggle to reach 40 degrees and overnight lows will be in the teens. Remember to take precautions to protect your pipes and outdoor faucets from freezing.
The National Weather Service first issued the weather watches by Friday afternoon. By the time most got off work, can you guess where they went?
Yes! The famous 'bread and milk' run was on. It's always surprising to head to HEB and see all carts are in use. One of my coworkers went before 5. I headed to the same HEB around 6. We never did see each other but that store was loaded. Everybody had the same idea. We thank our great HEB workers throughout Victoria. We always have a great experience pandemic or not. They are great neighbors to have in our town.
As reported earlier in the week the record low for the Crossroads in February is 9 degrees set back in 1989. There is a chance we will be very close to that number early Monday morning. Let's all get ready to go line up for air at the gas station. Low tire lights for days are coming soon. Ahh winter.