Winter weather information for the Oklahoma Panhandle, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1033 PM CST SUN DEC 30 2012

…MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO IMPACT THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THROUGH NEW YEARS EVE…

CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
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…HEREFORD…CANYON
1033 PM CST SUN DEC 30 2012

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
MONDAY…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN…REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* EVENT…PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
  THROUGH MONDAY…NEW YEARS EVE. RAIN WILL CONTINUE…THEN
  TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO
  SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST
  TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH SOME SLEET BRIEFLY OCCURRING AS WELL. LIGHT
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
  TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS
  THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS
  PANHANDLE…WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE
  EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH
  ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  PANHANDLE.

* TIMING…PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND TRANSITION TO
  FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OVERNIGHT. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY MONDAY
  MORNING…WITH A WINTRY MIX CONTINUING TO THE SOUTH. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE MONDAY
  MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS…THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO ICY ROADWAYS
  OVERNIGHT AND NEAR YEARS EVE…MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE
  PRECIPITATION THAT INITIALLY FALLS AS RAIN MAY ALSO LATER
  FREEZE ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER SURFACES…ADDING TO THE SLICK
  CONDITIONS.

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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