WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE AMARILLO TX

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
435 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2003

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. COLD AIR AND ADEQUATE
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL ALREADY BE IN PLACE TO SET THE STAGE FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOWS. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND TEXAS PANHANDLES LATER THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS
THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

OKZ001-TXZ001-006>020-121800-
ARMSTRONG-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-DONLEY-
GRAY-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-
WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...BOISE CITY...BORGER...
CANADIAN...CANYON...CLARENDON...CLAUDE...DALHART...DUMAS...HARTLEY...
HEREFORD...MIAMI...PAMPA...PANHANDLE...SHAMROCK...VEGA...WELLINGTON
435 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2003

...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES AND THEN SPREAD EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW
ENDS BY SUNRISE SATURDAY.

IF YOU PLAN TRAVEL IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE OR IN MOST
OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING
SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF
YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN
BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN
MAKING TURNS.

[CaptinCrunch]

1107 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2003

...A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SNOW WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...
WITH ISOLATED 12 INCH AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTY AND THE
NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND END BY SUNRISE SATURDAY.


INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...BOOKER...BORGER...CANADIAN...
CLARENDON...CLAUDE...GUYMON...MIAMI...PAMPA...PANHANDLE...PERRYTON...
SHAMROCK...SPEARMAN...STRATFORD...WELLINGTON

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1236 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN... MIXING AT TIMES WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY
THE FREEZING RAIN SWITCHES OVER TO SNOW LATE TODAY...TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW
ENDS.


INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTUS OK...VERNON TX...BAYLOR TX-FOARD TX-HARDEMAN TX-JACKSON OK-KNOX TX-TILLMAN OK-
WILBARGER TX-

[TNSnowbunny]

Wow! The NWS here is only forecasting a "dusting", and your NWS is forecasting 1-3"! I can't believe its going to snow more in Texas than here LOL

Woe is me .