Oklahoma Panhandle, National Weather Service, Amarillo (coverage includes Oklahoma Panhandle)

CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…BEAVER…
FORGAN…DALHART…STRATFORD…SPEARMAN…GRUVER…PERRYTON…
BOOKER…HIGGINS…FOLLETT…HARTLEY…CHANNING…DUMAS…
BORGER…MIAMI…CANADIAN…VEGA…AMARILLO…PANHANDLE…
WHITE DEER…PAMPA…SHAMROCK…WHEELER…HEREFORD…CANYON…
CLAUDE…CLARENDON…WELLINGTON
1040 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY…
…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY LOW
WIND CHILL VALUES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR ALL OF
THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT AS WELL FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES
  INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MOST…IF NOT ALL…OF THE ACCUMULATING
  SNOW WILL END BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 AND 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON
  TUESDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT: WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
  INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST ACROSS
  THE PANHANDLES. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG NORTH
  WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR
  WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES: WIND CHILLS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 30
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL ONLY
  REBOUND TO 5 BELOW TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND
  CHILL VALUES WILL THEN PLUMMET TO 15 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
  TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED FLESH IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES…SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE
CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK
CLOTHING.

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