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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

551 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



OKZ002-003-TXZ004-005-009-010-015-151800-

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TEXAS-BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...

BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...SHAMROCK...

WHEELER

551 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...



* PRECIP TYPE...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE

  FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND

  EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS

  PANHANDLE.



* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE

  QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS

  POSSIBLE.



* IMPACTS...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. 

  POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS 

  POSSIBLE. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. ALSO...ICE ON 

  SIDEWALKS...PORCHES...AND DRIVEWAYS WILL MAKE WALKING 

  HAZARDOUS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS

WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY

DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL WITH

YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. BE ALERT FOR

SNAPPED POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES. BE PREPARED FOR POWER

OUTAGES BY HAVING ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES AND SEVERAL DAYS OF

SUPPLIES.



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OKZ001-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>014-017>020-151800-

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CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-

POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART...

STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...

BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...

CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON

551 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST

TODAY...



* PRECIP TYPE...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE

  THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE. 



* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY

  LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES.



* IMPACTS...THE ICE WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

  BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES WILL FREEZE FIRST. IN 

  ADDITION...SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR

FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.



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ANDRADE

