Winter Storm Warning issued for McCurtain County, Okla., from the National Weather Service, Shreveport, La.

MCCURTAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF…IDABEL
932 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM CST WEDNESDAY…

* EVENT…A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
  THIS AFTERNOON…BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO SOUTHEAST
  OKLAHOMA…LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES…WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS UP TO EIGHT INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN
  MCCURTAIN COUNTY…WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* TIMING…RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACT…ROADWAYS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  AND POSSIBLY ICE IF PREVIOUS RAIN WATER AND MELTED SNOW
  REFREEZES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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