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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

921 PM CST FRI JAN 13 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

921 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2017



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



AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. 



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

  FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

  PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE SATURDAY

  MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING.



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

  HALF OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE 

  ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. 



* 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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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

921 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2017



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

SUNDAY...



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



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

  ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS

  PANHANDLE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING.



* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN 

  GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. 



* 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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