WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 420 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE FAR NORTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING LOW VISIBILITIES IN NEAR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO
AROUND ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. THERE REMAINS MUCH UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE TRACK OF THIS WINTER STORM. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
THE STORM SYSTEM MAY MOVE FURTHER NORTH WHICH WOULD CUT DOWN ON THE
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
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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GOEHRING
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