Oklahoma Panhandle included in winter storm watch late tonight through Tuesday evening, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
MON FEB 11 2013

…WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES…

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE
SOUTHWESTERN U.S. BEFORE PUSHING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY. 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-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
MON FEB 11 2013

…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING…

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

* EVENT…ACCUMULATING SNOWS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
  NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT LATE TONIGHT 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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