Short-term forecast for Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
159 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

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
159 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

.NOW…
THROUGH 4 PM…SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES…MAINLY EAST OF A DALHART TO HEREFORD LINE.
MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATES 40 AND 27 WILL ENCOUNTER SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS
AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END AROUND 6 PM.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW…NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS
MOST SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES.

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