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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1202 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



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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

1202 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER

STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.



* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT



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

  FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

  PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES

  MAY RISE ABOVE FREEZING BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING RAIN AT

  TIMES. PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL

  SEE A CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT.



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

  AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS

  LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND

  NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.



* IMPACTS...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT. POWER OUTAGES

  MAY OCCUR. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE. COMMERCE

  WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. ALSO...ICE ON WALKWAYS AND

  DRIVEWAYS...BUT ESPECIALLY ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS PORCHES WILL

  MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...

SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL

VERY HAZARDOUS.



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

POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-RANDALL-

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

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

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

CANYON

1202 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.



* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT



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

  AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND

  MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING

  SOME AREAS FOR A PERIOD LEADING TO RAIN, BUT WILL DROP BELOW

  FREEZING AGAIN OVERNIGHT. EXPECT FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW OR

  SLEET ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PERRYTON TO CLARENDON.



* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN AROUND ONE

  QUARTER OF AN INCH...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1

  TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY IN THE

  NORTHWEST PANHANDLES.



* IMPACTS...THE ICE AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING

  CONDITIONS. SOME BRIEF HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW COULD LIMIT

  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE

  OF MOST CONCERN. IN ADDITION...SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR

FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING.



&&



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DEAF SMITH-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HEREFORD

1202 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.



* TIMING...TONIGHT



* PRECIP TYPE...AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TURNING TO SLEET AND

  SNOW.



* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN AROUND LESS

  THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...AND WILL MAINLY ACCUMULATE ON

  ELEVATED SURFACES. SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. HIGHER

  TOTALS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST IN THE

  NORTHWEST PANHANDLES.



* IMPACTS...AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS MAY 

  CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR

FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING.



&&



$$



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ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON

1202 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS

EVENING...



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

  AFTERNOON 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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MJG

