Winter weather advisory, includes Oklahoma Panhandle, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…BEAVER…
FORGAN…DALHART…STRATFORD…HARTLEY…CHANNING
342 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY.

* EVENT…RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
  AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS EVENING…WITH THE SNOW THEN
  CONTINUING OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING.
  SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED…WITH 1 TO 2
  INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. STRONG NORTH TO
  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL
  PREVAIL OVERNIGHT…PRODUCING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.

* TIMING…RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING…WITH ALL SNOW
  EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY SUNRISE SUNDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST BEHIND A STRONG
  COLD FRONT THIS EVENING…AND THEN REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* IMPACTS…THE LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL
  SEVERELY LIMIT VISIBILITIES…WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
  POSSIBLE AT TIMES. ROADS…BRIDGES…AND OVERPASSES WILL ALSO
  BECOME SLICK IN SPOTS…CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 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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