Oklahoma Panhandle forecast for Saturday, National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas Forecast Office

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
642 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013

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
642 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013

…ENERGETIC STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY…

SYNOPSIS…
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WIDE VARIETY OF
WEATHER TO THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. CONCERNS RANGE
FROM SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST PANHANDLES TO FIRE WEATHER IN THE
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

WINDS…
WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE
WESTERN PANHANDLES. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND TURN
THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING…WITH 30-40 MPH WINDS AND HIGHER GUSTS
POSSIBLE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
WINDS WILL LIKELY KICK UP CONSIDERABLE DUST IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW THREAT…
RAIN IS LIKELY NORTH AND EAST OF A CANADIAN TO GUYMON LINE ON
SATURDAY. TOWARD THE TAIL END OF THE PRECIPITATION…RAIN WILL MIX
WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW EITHER LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING. ONE TO POSSIBLY UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL SATURDAY
EVENING…COMBINING WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE POTENTIAL NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY EVENING.

FIRE WEATHER…
A PERIOD OF ELEVATED TO MAYBE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WILL BE NOTED IN
THE WINDY WESTERN PANHANDLES SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

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