URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 150 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...A LIFE THREATENING AND CRIPPLING BLIZZARD IS HEADED TOWARDS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...ALL PREPARATIONS FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS BLIZZARD SHOULD BE COMPLETED... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-271600- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ 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 150 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS OF 5 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THIS WINTER STORM EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
213 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...GREENSBURG...
HAVILAND...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
213 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...
* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY
* SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATION
MAY BE IN DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF 3 TO 5 FEET.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AND NEAR
ZERO LIKELY AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND WILL
LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED IF YOU
VENTURE OUT.
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A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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