Oklahoma Panhandle included in winter storm watch, late Monday through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
SUN FEB 10 2013

…WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES…

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DIG INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
EARLY THIS WEEK BEFORE PUSHING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THE STORM STILL REMAINS
UNCERTAIN BUT ACCUMULATING SNOWS FOR THE AREA APPEAR LIKELY. AT THIS
TIME…THE GREATEST SNOWFALL OF UP TO SIX INCHES COULD FALL ACROSS
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…BEAVER…
FORGAN…DALHART…STRATFORD…SPEARMAN…GRUVER…PERRYTON…
BOOKER…HIGGINS…FOLLETT…HARTLEY…CHANNING…DUMAS…
BORGER…MIAMI…CANADIAN…PAMPA…SHAMROCK…WHEELER
SUN FEB 10 2013

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.

* EVENT…ACCUMULATING SNOWS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND
  TUESDAY MORNING THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ON TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS…ROADS…BRIDGES…AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY
  BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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