HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 158 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.
.DAY ONE...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 6 PM...INCLUDING WHEELER...GRAY...DONLEY...
AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES. WINDS ABOVE 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING
SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. ALSO...A
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE REST OF
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 6 PM.
FOR TONIGHT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT
FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WHICH INCLUDES TEXAS
AND BEAVER COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT...WINDS AND
LOWERING TEMPERATURES COULD COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF AROUND
MINUS 5 DEGREES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES MAY START OUT DANGEROUSLY LOW IN EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING IN TEXAS AND
BEAVER COUNTIES. NO OTHER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE
PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL AND VISIBILITY REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO.
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