HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.
.DAY ONE...
FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS MORNING. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS IS
POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.
BEHIND A FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLES...WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
APPROACHING 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FOR THOSE LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACROSS THE
NORTHWESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WHERE A WIND ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACROSS THE REST OF THE PANHANDLES...
WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THEREFORE BOATERS ARE
URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ON ALL AREA LAKES TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
THOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 25 PERCENT...THE
STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THE COLDEST WEATHER OF THE SEASON SO FAR IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 0 DEGREES TO THE MID TEENS. THESE
TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL
RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF -5 TO NEAR -15
DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM CST ON WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS AND PARTNERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WIND RELATED DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
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