Alert archive / Oklahoma / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 18, 2007, 4:23 PM CST for 42 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 19, 2007, 11:42 AM CST. It was in force for 34 hr. 26 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2007, 4:23 PM CST (22:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2007, 11:42 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2007, 9:58 PM CST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 50 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 6:57 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Taloga, OK | |
| Jan 20, 6:57 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Woodward, OK | |
| Jan 20, 6:57 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Sayre, OK | |
| Jan 20, 6:57 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Buffalo, OK | |
| Jan 20, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 S Clinton, OK | REPORTED AT I-40 AND US 183. A COUPLE OF SEMIS JACK-KNIFED THIS MORNING ON I-40 BETWEEN THE STATE LINE AND CLINTON BEFORE 9AM. |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Watonga, OK | |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Kingfisher, OK | REPORTED SNOW JUST CHANGED OVER TO SLEET AT ABOUT 1230 PM. |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Fairview, OK | |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Enid, OK | |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sayre, OK | |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Taloga, OK | |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Elk City, OK | |
| Jan 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Cheyenne, OK | |
| Jan 20, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 5 W Blackwell, OK | NEW SNOWFALL TODAY, SO FAR, AT 76TH ST AND DOOLIN AVE |
| Jan 20, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Morrison, OK | |
| Jan 20, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Newkirk, OK | |
| Jan 20, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Fairview, OK | |
| Jan 20, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sw Garber, OK | |
| Jan 20, 7:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Elk City, OK | TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 20, 7:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Cheyenne, OK | TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 20, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Marshall, OK | |
| Jan 20, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 E Braman, OK | |
| Jan 20, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Alva, OK | |
| Jan 20, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Medford, OK | |
| Jan 20, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Buffalo, OK | |
| Jan 20, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Woodward, OK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KOUN 182223 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 423 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET LIKELY THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... AND BEGIN AFFECTING THE REGION FRIDAY. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY WITH PROGRESSIVELY LIGHTER AMOUNTS TOWARD SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... WHERE SLEET AND RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. BECAUSE THIS STORM IS STILL EVOLVING...SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE STORMS PATH...AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. DO NOT WAIT. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PREPARE FOR THE WINTER STORM. OKZ021-033>038-044-TXZ083>085-087-190630- /O.UPG.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ BECKHAM-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON- HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...HOLLIS...MANGUM... HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY 423 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... WHERE MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE FARTHER SOUTH... CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER AND INCLUDING WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES... WHERE MORE SLEET IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ004>020-022>031-039-040-190630- /O.UPG.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY 423 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE SPREADING EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE MORE THAN 4 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AN AREA FROM NEAR I-44 NORTHWARD TO AN ERICK... TO TALOGA... TO ENID TO PONCA CITY LINE. THIS WILL INCLUDE CLINTON... THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO... AND STILLWATER. SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF I-40. THIS WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW LIKELY FROM I-44 SOUTH TO DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY TO TECUMSEH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ TXZ086-088>090-190630- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ WICHITA-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 423 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT... WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ OKZ032-041>043-045>048-050>052-190630- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HUGHES-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE- MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLDENVILLE...SULPHUR...ADA... COALGATE...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA... MADILL...DURANT 423 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW... MAINLY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO THE DEPTH OF THE COLD AIR ACROSS THIS AREA... WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 30/26
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KOUN 190447 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1047 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET LIKELY THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... AND BEGIN AFFECTING THE REGION FRIDAY. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY WITH PROGRESSIVELY LIGHTER AMOUNTS TOWARD SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... WHERE SLEET AND RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. BECAUSE THIS STORM IS STILL EVOLVING...SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE STORMS PATH...AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. DO NOT WAIT. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PREPARE FOR THE WINTER STORM. OKZ021-033>038-044-TXZ083>085-087-191100- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ BECKHAM-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON- HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...HOLLIS...MANGUM... HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY 1047 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... WHERE MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE FARTHER SOUTH... CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER AND INCLUDING WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES... WHERE MORE SLEET IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ004>020-022>031-039-040-191100- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY 1047 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE SPREADING EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE MORE THAN 4 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AN AREA FROM NEAR I-44 NORTHWARD TO AN ERICK... TO TALOGA... TO ENID TO PONCA CITY LINE. THIS WILL INCLUDE CLINTON... THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO... AND STILLWATER. SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF I-40. THIS WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW LIKELY FROM I-44 SOUTH TO DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY TO TECUMSEH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ TXZ086-088>090-191100- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ WICHITA-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 1047 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT... WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ OKZ032-041>043-045>048-050>052-191100- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HUGHES-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE- MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLDENVILLE...SULPHUR...ADA... COALGATE...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA... MADILL...DURANT 1047 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW... MAINLY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO THE DEPTH OF THE COLD AIR ACROSS THIS AREA... WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 23/2
000 WWUS44 KOUN 191100 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 500 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET LIKELY THIS WEEKEND... .A STRONG WINTER STORM...LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN ARIZONA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THEN ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON SATURDAY. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF WESTERN...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY WITH PROGRESSIVELY LIGHTER AMOUNTS TOWARD SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... WHERE SLEET AND RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. BECAUSE THIS STORM IS STILL EVOLVING...SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE STORMS PATH...AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. DO NOT WAIT. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PREPARE FOR THE WINTER STORM. OKZ021-033>038-044-TXZ083>085-087-191900- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ BECKHAM-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON- HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...HOLLIS...MANGUM... HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY 500 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... WHERE MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE FARTHER SOUTH... CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER AND INCLUDING WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES... WHERE MORE SLEET AND A COLD RAIN ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ004>020-022>031-039-040-191900- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY 500 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE SPREADING EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE MORE THAN 4 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AN AREA FROM NEAR I-40 NORTHWARD TO AN ERICK... TO TALOGA... TO ENID TO PONCA CITY LINE. THIS WILL INCLUDE CLINTON... THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO... AND STILLWATER. SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF I-40. THIS WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW LIKELY FROM I-44 SOUTH TO DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY TO TECUMSEH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ TXZ086-088>090-191900- /O.UPG.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ WICHITA-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 500 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT... WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE SLEET AND SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN ON SATURDAY WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ032-041>043-045>048-050>052-191900- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HUGHES-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE- MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLDENVILLE...SULPHUR...ADA... COALGATE...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA... MADILL...DURANT 500 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW... MAINLY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO THE DEPTH OF THE COLD AIR ACROSS THIS AREA... WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPIATION WILL FALL AS A COLD RAIN WITH LITTLE SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 191742 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR AND GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE IMPRESSIVE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHWEST AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVY BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM BRINGS DEEP AND STRONG LIFTING OVER THE AREA. AS THE STORM PASSES SATURDAY EVENING THERE WILL BE A SHARP END TO THE ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION...BUT POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. TXZ086-088>090-200000- /O.EXA.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.070119T1800Z-070120T0000Z/ WICHITA-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW WHILE BECOMING HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING. THEN HEAVIER SNOW AND SLEET WILL FALL DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ032-041-042-045-046-200300- /O.UPG.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HUGHES-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-JEFFERSON-CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLDENVILLE...SULPHUR...ADA...WAURIKA... ARDMORE 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY MORNING. THEN SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON SATURDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO WARM TO NEAR FREEZING. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN...MAKING FOR ICY AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL END SATURDAY EVENING...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ021-033>038-044-TXZ083>085-087-200300- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070119T1800Z-070121T1200Z/ BECKHAM-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON- HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...HOLLIS...MANGUM... HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE SNOW BECOMING ESPECIALLY HEAVY BY MIDDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ004>020-022>031-039-040-200300- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD NORTHEAST. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW NORTH OF AN ALTUS TO NORMAN TO SHAWNEE LINE...WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW TO THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY BY MIDDAY SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WHERE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE COMMON. AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING...BUT THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ043-047-048-050>052-200300- /O.UPG.KOUN.WS.A.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.070120T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ COAL-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALGATE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA... MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME HEAVY FOR A BRIEF TIME SATURDAY MORNING...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO WARM TO NEAR FREEZING. A TRANSITION TO A COLD RAIN OR RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENT. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OUN
000 WWUS44 KOUN 200401 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1001 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...A WINTRY MIX TONIGHT THEN HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET ON SATURDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR AND GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE IMPRESSIVE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION WHICH BEGAN FRIDAY EVENING IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW AND SLEET ON SATURDAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVY BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM BRINGS DEEP AND STRONG LIFTING OVER THE AREA. AS THE STORM PASSES SATURDAY EVENING THERE WILL BE A SHARP END TO THE ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION...BUT POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. OKZ004>042-044>046-TXZ083>090-201215- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-JEFFERSON- CARTER-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... HOLDENVILLE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK... LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WALTERS... WAURIKA...ARDMORE...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON... WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 1001 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING OT A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE EARLY SATURDAY. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY BY MIDDAY SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WHERE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE COMMON. AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING...BUT THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ043-047-048-050>052-201215- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ COAL-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALGATE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA... MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT 1001 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET EARLY SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME HEAVY FOR A BRIEF TIME SATURDAY MORNING...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO WARM TO NEAR FREEZING. A TRANSITION TO A COLD RAIN OR RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENT. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 201059 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 459 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A WINTRY MIX TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY CAUSING WIDESPREAD WINTER PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING... WITH A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY MIDDAY. THE SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY TODAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM BRINGS STRONG LIFTING OVER THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. OKZ004>042-044>046-TXZ083>090-201900- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-JEFFERSON- CARTER-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... HOLDENVILLE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK... LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WALTERS... WAURIKA...ARDMORE...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON... WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 459 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA... SNOW... OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET THIS MORNING... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. SOME ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND GLAZE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST OKAHOMA. IN THE CENTRAL THIRD OF OKLAHOMA... A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION INTO SNOW BY MIDDAY FROM THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA NORTH THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR 8 INCHES IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SOME GLAZE WILL ALSO BE LIKELY THIS MORNING. SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A MIX OF RAIN... SLEET AND SOME SNOW. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE THE SOUTH ALONG WITH A FEW AREAS OF GLAZE. IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SOME SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW BY MIDDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE WICHITA FALLS AREA... TO NEAR 5 INCHES TOWARDS VERNON AND BENJAMIN. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF GLAZE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ043-047-048-050>052-201900- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ COAL-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALGATE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA... MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT 459 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TODAY. WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING... A FEW PATCHES OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY ONE INCH OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN... MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CJS
000 WWUS44 KOUN 201635 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A WINTRY MIX TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY CAUSING WIDESPREAD WINTER PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING... WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND SLEET FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY MIDDAY. THE SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM BRINGS STRONG LIFTING OVER THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. OKZ031-032-039>042-044>046-TXZ086-089-090-210045- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ SEMINOLE-HUGHES-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-JEFFERSON- CARTER-WICHITA-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE... WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY... HENRIETTA 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS DOWNGRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL MAINLY BE RAIN... BUT A FEW PERIODS OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL SO A FEW PATCHES OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ004>030-033>038-TXZ083>085-087-088-210045- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- COMANCHE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX-BAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...HOLLIS... MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... SNOW... OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET THIS MORNING... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. AREAS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS NEAR AND WEST OF AREAS FROM VERNON AND SEYMOUR WEST MAY SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET. TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR FREEZING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. WHERE THESE TEMPERATURES REMAIN WHICH WILL ALLOW A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY BUT PATCHY AREAS OF SLEET AND SNOW MAY STILL ACCUMULATE ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ043-047-048-050>052-210045- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ COAL-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALGATE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA... MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TODAY. WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING... A FEW PATCHES OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 201647 CCA WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A WINTRY MIX TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY CAUSING WIDESPREAD WINTER PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING... WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND SLEET FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY MIDDAY. THE SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM BRINGS STRONG LIFTING OVER THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. OKZ031-032-039>042-044>046-TXZ086-089-090-210045- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ SEMINOLE-HUGHES-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-JEFFERSON- CARTER-WICHITA-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE... WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY... HENRIETTA 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS DOWNGRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL MAINLY BE RAIN... BUT A FEW PERIODS OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL SO A FEW PATCHES OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ004>030-033>038-TXZ083>085-087-088-210045- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- COMANCHE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX-BAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...HOLLIS... MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... SNOW... OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET THIS MORNING... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. AREAS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS NEAR AND WEST OF AREAS FROM VERNON AND SEYMOUR WEST MAY SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET. TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR FREEZING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. WHERE THESE TEMPERATURES REMAIN WHICH WILL ALLOW A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY BUT PATCHY AREAS OF SLEET AND SNOW MAY STILL ACCUMULATE ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ043-047-048-050>052-210045- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ COAL-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALGATE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA... MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT 1035 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TODAY. WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING... A FEW PATCHES OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 201857 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1257 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A WINTRY MIX TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY CAUSING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... WITH RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. OKZ023>030-035>038-TXZ083>085-087-088-210300- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WW.Y.0003.070120T1857Z-070121T0600Z/ CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-HARDEMAN-FOARD- WILBARGER-KNOX-BAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG... OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE... SHAWNEE...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR 1257 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS DOWNGRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM QUANAH TEXAS TO ALTUS...HOBART...EL RENO... OKLAHOMA CITY AND CHANDLER OKLAHOMA. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES OKLAHOMA CITY... SHAWNEE...AND LAWTON OKLAHOMA...AND VERNON AND BENJAMIN TEXAS. WARM TEMPERATURES BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND FROM 6000 TO 8000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE HAS CAUSED MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TODAY TO BE IN THE FORM OF A COLD RAIN AND SLEET. WITH THE PRECIPITATION FALLING AS RAIN AND SLEET INSTEAD OF SNOW... THE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL BE LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. PERIODS OF SLEET ARE STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE AREAS OF TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ031-032-039>048-050>052-TXZ086-089-090-202000- /O.CAN.KOUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ SEMINOLE-HUGHES-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-WICHITA- ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...WALTERS...WAURIKA... ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT... WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY... HENRIETTA 1257 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WICHITA... ARCHER AND WILBARGER COUNTIES... AND FOR THAT PART OF OKLAHOMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WALTERS TO DUNCAN TO PAULS VALLEY TO SEMINOLE. THIS INCLUDES WICHITA FALLS... DUNCAN...ARDMORE...ADA...HOLDENVILLE...ATOKA AND DURANT. TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING HAVE ALLOWED MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION TODAY TO FALL AS RAIN. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SCATTERED AREAS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... BUT SHOULD NOT CAUSE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS. $$ OKZ004>022-033-034-210300- /O.EXT.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... HOLLIS...MANGUM 1257 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THAT AREA OF OKLAHOMA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HOLLIS TO WEATHERFORD TO OKARCHE TO CUSHING. THIS INCLUDES ELK CITY...CLINTON...WEATHERFORD...WOODWARD...ALVA...ENID...GUTHRIE... STILLWATER AND PONCA CITY. SNOW... OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA RECEIVING 8 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 210202 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 802 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A WINTRY MIX ENDING TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS EVENING WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TONIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATIONS HAS ENDED IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. OKZ033-034-210315- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ HARMON-GREER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLIS...MANGUM 802 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM TH AREA. AS A RESULT THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ OKZ035>038-TXZ083>085-087-088-210315- /O.CAN.KOUN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX- BAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON... QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY... SEYMOUR 802 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS HAS COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. AS A RESULT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ OKZ004>022-210600- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL 802 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW... OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET... WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. ONLY SMALL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA RECEIVING 8 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FAILURES... ESPECIALLY ON LARGE FREE SPAN AND FLAT ROOFS. $$ OKZ023>030-210600- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG... OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE... SHAWNEE 802 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED BUT THIS MAY STILL CAUSE AREAS OF SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE AREAS OF TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 210358 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 958 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TONIGHT... .PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE SNOW SHOULD END IN MOST AREAS BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...BUT A FEW AREAS COULD SEE AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. OKZ004>015-211000- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.SN.Y.0001.070121T0358Z-070121T1000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA 958 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CHEYENNE TO PERRY LINE. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...BUT A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW BEFORE THE SNOW COMES TO AN END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ016>022-210500- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL 958 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED IN THESE AREAS. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ OKZ023>030-210500- /O.CAN.KOUN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070121T0600Z/ CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG... OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE... SHAWNEE 958 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 18, 3:44 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 3:44 PM CST, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
344 PM CST THU JAN 18 2007
.DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN ISSUES TO ADDRESS ARE THE TIME OF PRECIPITATION ONSET AND
A GROWING ISSUE OF PRECIPITATION TYPE. THE GFS SEEMS TO HAVE A
BETTER IDEA OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT IS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST
TEXAS NOW. AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA... DO
PREFER THE EARLIER ONSET PROGGED BY THE GFS IN THE SOUTHWEST
PORTION OF THE AREA. PRECIP WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY IN THE BROAD ISENTROPIC LIFT
PATTERN. MODEL TRENDS ALSO SHOW A MORE WARMING IN THE WARM NOSE
ABOVE THE SURFACE WHICH WILL LEAD TO MORE POTENTIAL OF MIXED
PRECIP TYPES. ALSO GIVEN THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 850 MB
PROGGED FOR SATURDAY... AM A BIT CONCERNED THAT EVEN THE WARMER
GFS MAY BE UNDERESTIMATING THE TEMPERATURES IN THE WARM NOSE. IN
FORECASTING PRECIPITATION TYPE... I HAVE USED SLIGHTLY WARMER WARM
LAYER TEMPERATURES AND THUS HAVE ADDED SLEET POTENTIAL FARTHER
NORTH. THIS WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MAY BE MORE OF A RAIN/SLEET MIX THAN SNOW.
HAVE NOT CHANGED THE FORECAST SNOW/SLEET AMOUNTS MUCH WITH THIS
PACKAGE... BUT HAVE GONE AHEAD AND UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY ALONG/NORTH OF A BENJAMIN TO VERNON
TO DUNCAN TO SEMINOLE LINE. WE ARE FORECASTING 4 OR MORE INCHES OF
SNOW IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA... AND THE AREA
CLOSER TO THE SOUTHERN LIMIT OF THE WARNING WILL PROBABLY SEE
ENOUGH OF A SNOW/SLEET MIX TO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND JUSTIFY
THE WARNING. RIGHT NOW AM NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT FREEZING RAIN
POTENTIAL... BUT IF THE WARM LAYER TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH HIGHER
THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON FREEZING RAIN
POTENTIAL.
ALSO WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
SATURDAY NIGHT. DRY SLOT DRIES THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE SNOW-GROWTH
REGION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA SO PRECIP TYPE MAY
CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING. HAVE ADDED THE CHANCE OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.
ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED MAINLY TO ADD LOW PRECIP
CHANCES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE NEXT WAVE... ALTHOUGH
THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES IN THE LOCATION OF THIS SYSTEM AMONG THE
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 24 39 27 32 / 0 20 60 80
HOBART OK 25 36 26 32 / 10 40 70 80
WICHITA FALLS TX 30 36 29 33 / 20 50 80 80
GAGE OK 19 37 22 27 / 0 20 60 70
PONCA CITY OK 20 40 25 30 / 0 10 20 80
DURANT OK 31 39 31 34 / 10 20 60 80
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
OKZ004>020-022>031-039-040.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR OKZ032-041>043-045>048-050>052.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
OKZ021-033>038-044.
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR TXZ086-088>090.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
TXZ083>085-087.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 11:53 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1153 AM CST THU JAN 18 2007
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-191300-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1153 AM CST THU JAN 18 2007
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A COLD AND STABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL PREVENT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST FRIDAY JAN 19.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. REFER TO THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR DETAILS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
FRIDAY.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.