Winter weather information from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas (coverage includes the Oklahoma Panhandle)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
256 PM CST SUN DEC 30 2012

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

DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-
RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DALHART…HARTLEY…CHANNING…DUMAS…
BORGER…VEGA…AMARILLO…PANHANDLE…WHITE DEER…HEREFORD…
CANYON
256 PM CST SUN DEC 30 2012

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* EVENT…PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT…AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY…NEW YEARS EVE. THE
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS RAIN…THEN TRANSITION TO
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AS
  TEMPERATURES COOL. SOME SLEET MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR 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 MAY BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING…THEN INCREASE
  IN COVERAGE AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND
  NORTHWEST 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
  TONIGHT 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.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-
HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…BEAVER…
FORGAN…STRATFORD…SPEARMAN…GRUVER…PERRYTON…BOOKER…
HIGGINS…FOLLETT…MIAMI…CANADIAN
256 PM CST SUN DEC 30 2012

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* EVENT…PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT…AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY…NEW YEARS EVE. THE
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS RAIN…THEN TRANSITION TO
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AS
  TEMPERATURES COOL. SOME SLEET MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR 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 MAY BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING…THEN INCREASE
  IN COVERAGE AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND
  NORTHWEST 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
  TONIGHT 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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