Oklahoma Panhandle in Winter weather advisory, Christmas Eve, Christmas, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
350 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012

…STRONG WINDS AND SNOW TO IMPACT THE OKLAHHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
LATE CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY…

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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
350 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT
TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY.

* EVENT…LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND
  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM UP TO ONE INCH ACROSS THE
  SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE…TO AS MUCH AS AROUND FIVE INCHES ACROSS
  THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALSO THE NORTHEAST
  TEXAS PANHANDLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO AROUND 45 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT
  THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE
  WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES…PARTICULARLY AS THE HEAVIER BANDS OF
  SNOW MOVE THROUGH. THE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE FOR VERY
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE
  DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO
  OVER MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES LATE CHRISTMAS EVE
  NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING.

* TIMING…THE SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
  PANHANDLES CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING
  BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS
  DAY.

* IMPACTS…REDUCED VISIBILITIES…INCLUDING WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS…FROM THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR VERY
  DANGEROUS HOLIDAY TRAVEL CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
  IF PLANNING HOLIDAY TRAVEL CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS
  DAY…BE PREPARED FOR SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.
  ALSO DRESS WARMLY WITH LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND BE SURE TO PROTECT
  YOUR HANDS…FACE AND FEET DUE TO THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE
  CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING.

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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