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WWUS44 KAMA 160004

WSWAMA



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

604 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



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ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-

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

604 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...



ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER THE

AREA...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING AND

THEREFORE ANY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE RAIN. NO FREEZING

RAIN IS EXPECTED AND THEREFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



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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

604 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS 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-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-

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

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

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

HEREFORD...CANYON

604 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017



...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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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