Alert archive / Oklahoma / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2008, 11:39 AM CST for 31 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 15, 2008, 8:11 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2008, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2008, 8:11 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2008, 2:23 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 34 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hardeman County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 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 151739 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1139 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE TODAY FOLLOWED BY A WINTER STORM THIS WEEKEND... .COLD AIR HAS STALLED AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. AS GULF MOISTURE DEEPENS ABOVE THE SURFACE...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...BRINGING MUCH GREATER INTENSITY OF RAIN...ICE AND SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OKZ017-018-023-024-160145- /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080217T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ BLAINE-KINGFISHER-CADDO-CANADIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG 1139 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING SLICK AREAS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS.. AND CAUSE SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP FOR A FEW HOURS SATURDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE SATURDAY MORNING...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON. AFTER A PERIOD OF COLD RAIN...A CHANGE TO SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...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. $$ OKZ027-037-038-044-TXZ085-086-160145- /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080216T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ GRADY-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHICKASHA...FREDERICK...LAWTON... WALTERS...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS 1139 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING SLICK AREAS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS.. AND CAUSE SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ004>016-021-022-160145- /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080217T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...ELK CITY...SAYRE... CORDELL 1139 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A MORE STEADY FALL OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM DURING THE DAY...ALLOWING FOR A CHANGE TO COLD RAIN...WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED...HOWEVER...BY A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. 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. $$ OKZ033>036-TXZ083-160145- /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080216T1600Z/ HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS... QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 1139 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE TODAY. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ045-TXZ084-087>090-160145- /O.EXB.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ JEFFERSON-FOARD-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAURIKA...CROWELL...MUNDAY... KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY... HENRIETTA 1139 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...AT THE SAME TIME THAT TEMPERATURES WARM BY A FEW DEGREES. THE WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL HELP MINIMIZE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BUT TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ019-020-025-026-028>031-039>042-160145- /O.EXT.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ LOGAN-PAYNE-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...OKLAHOMA CITY... CHANDLER...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA 1139 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE HAD DEVELOPED ON FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA FROM WICHITA FALLS NORTHEAST TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ARE LIKELY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS. SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE TEMPERATURE MAY RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA IN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO DRIZZLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BURKE
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KOUN 151752 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1152 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE TODAY FOLLOWED BY A WINTER STORM THIS WEEKEND... ...COLD AIR HAD STALLED...AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH SUNDAY. AS GULF MOISTURE DEEPENS ABOVE THE SURFACE...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...BRINGING MUCH GREATER INTENSITY OF RAIN...ICE AND SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OKZ017-018-023-024-160200- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080217T1800Z/ /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ BLAINE-KINGFISHER-CADDO-CANADIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG 1152 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... CREATING SLICK AREAS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS.. AND CAUSE SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP FOR A FEW HOURS SATURDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME ICE TO MELT. AFTER A PERIOD OF COLD RAIN...HOWEVER...A CHANGE TO SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...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. $$ OKZ027-037-038-044-TXZ085-086-160200- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080216T1600Z/ /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ GRADY-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHICKASHA...FREDERICK...LAWTON... WALTERS...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS 1152 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... CREATING SLICK AREAS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS.. AND CAUSE SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ004>016-021-022-160200- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080217T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...ELK CITY...SAYRE... CORDELL 1152 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A MORE STEADY FALL OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM DURING THE DAY...ALLOWING FOR A CHANGE TO COLD RAIN...WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED...HOWEVER...BY A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. 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. $$ OKZ033>036-TXZ083-160200- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080216T1600Z/ HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS... QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 1152 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE TODAY. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEAN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ019-020-025-026-028>031-039>042-045-TXZ084-087>090-160200- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ LOGAN-PAYNE-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-JEFFERSON-FOARD-KNOX- BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...OKLAHOMA CITY... CHANDLER...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WAURIKA...CROWELL... MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY... LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 1152 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE HAD DEVELOPED ON FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA FROM WICHITA FALLS NORTHEAST TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ARE LIKELY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS. SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE TEMPERATURE MAY RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA IN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO DRIZZLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BURKE
000 WWUS44 KOUN 152115 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 315 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY A WINTER STORM THIS WEEKEND... ...COLD AIR HAD STALLED...AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH SUNDAY. AS GULF MOISTURE DEEPENS ABOVE THE SURFACE...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...BRINGING MUCH GREATER INTENSITY OF RAIN...ICE AND SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OKZ017-018-023-024-160600- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080217T1800Z/ /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ BLAINE-KINGFISHER-CADDO-CANADIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG 315 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... CREATING SLICK AREAS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS.. AND CAUSE SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP FOR A FEW HOURS SATURDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME ICE TO MELT. AFTER A PERIOD OF COLD RAIN...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...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. $$ OKZ027-037-038-044-TXZ085-086-160600- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080216T1600Z/ /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ GRADY-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHICKASHA...FREDERICK...LAWTON... WALTERS...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS 315 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... CREATING SLICK AREAS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS.. AND CAUSE SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ004>016-021-022-160600- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080217T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...ELK CITY...SAYRE... CORDELL 315 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A MORE STEADY FALL OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM DURING THE DAY...ALLOWING FOR A CHANGE TO COLD RAIN...WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED...HOWEVER...BY A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ033>036-TXZ083-160600- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0600Z-080216T1600Z/ HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS... QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 315 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN AND THUNDER WILL THEN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEAN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ019-020-025-026-028>031-039>042-045-TXZ084-087>090-160600- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ LOGAN-PAYNE-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-JEFFERSON-FOARD-KNOX- BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...OKLAHOMA CITY... CHANDLER...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WAURIKA...CROWELL... MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY... LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 315 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RISE A FEW DEGREES DURING THIS TIME...WHICH WILL MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS ABLE TO FREEZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ALTHOUGH ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES ON MAIN ROADS. SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES IS ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BURKE
000 WWUS44 KOUN 160226 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 826 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN THIS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A WINTER STORM THIS WEEKEND... ...COLD AIR HAD STALLED...AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH SUNDAY. AS GULF MOISTURE DEEPENS ABOVE THE SURFACE...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...BRINGING MUCH GREATER INTENSITY OF RAIN...ICE AND SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OKZ019-025-028-029-161030- /O.UPG.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0226Z-080216T1600Z/ LOGAN-OKLAHOMA-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...OKLAHOMA CITY...PURCELL... NORMAN...MOORE 826 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. $$ OKZ017-018-023-024-161030- /O.UPG.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0226Z-080217T1800Z/ BLAINE-KINGFISHER-CADDO-CANADIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG 826 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP FOR A FEW HOURS SATURDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME ICE TO MELT. AFTER A PERIOD OF COLD RAIN...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ027-037-038-044-TXZ085-086-161030- /O.UPG.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0226Z-080216T1600Z/ GRADY-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHICKASHA...FREDERICK...LAWTON... WALTERS...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS 826 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ033>036-TXZ083-161030- /O.EXT.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0211Z-080216T1600Z/ HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS... QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 826 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN AND THUNDER WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEAN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ004>016-021-022-161030- /O.EXT.KOUN.WS.W.0002.080216T0211Z-080217T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...ELK CITY...SAYRE... CORDELL 826 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A MORE STEADY FALL OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM DURING THE DAY...ALLOWING FOR A CHANGE TO COLD RAIN...WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED...HOWEVER...BY A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. 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. $$ OKZ020-026-030-031-039>042-045-TXZ084-087>090-161030- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ PAYNE-LINCOLN-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY- PONTOTOC-JEFFERSON-FOARD-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...CHANDLER...SHAWNEE... SEMINOLE...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WAURIKA... CROWELL...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY... LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 826 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RISE A FEW DEGREES DURING THIS TIME...WHICH WILL MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS ABLE TO FREEZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ALTHOUGH ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES ON MAIN ROADS. SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES IS ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 160951 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 351 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN TODAY MAY CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT... ...COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN... HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS... WILL BE WIDESPREAD TODAY AS GULF MOISTURE DEEPENS ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE CENTER OF THE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... CHANGING RAIN AND ICE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT IN SOME AREAS BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. OKZ019-025-027>029-033>038-044-TXZ083-085-086-161800- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.ZR.Y.0001.080216T0951Z-080216T1800Z/ LOGAN-OKLAHOMA-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS... FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...VERNON... WICHITA FALLS 351 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA... AND ADJACENT PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH MOST OF THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL MAY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE THROUGH MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING... OR JUST BELOW FREEZING... THROUGH THIS MORNING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ004>018-021>024-161800- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-BECKHAM-WASHITA- CADDO-CANADIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON... EL RENO...MUSTANG 351 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL... NORTHWESTERN... AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING ACROSS THESE AREAS... AND WILL LIKELY PERSIST IN MANY AREAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. LOCALLY HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY... ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL LIKELY BE COMMON... AND SOME LOCALES MAY RECEIVE HEAVIER AND MORE DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH OR SO ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE STRONGLY IMPACTED BY THE ICE. THE WEIGHT OF ACCUMULATING ICE MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... AND COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO OTHER EXPOSED STRUCTURES AS WELL. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO COLD RAIN FOR A WHILE LATER TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. BUT THE RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES OKLAHOMA. AT THIS TIME... ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF WET SNOW APPEAR LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... ALONG WITH AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY... WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL HARDSHIPS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND MAY WORSEN ANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE CREATED BY FREEZING RAIN TODAY. 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. $$ OKZ020-026-030-031-039>042-045-TXZ084-087>090-161600- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080216T1600Z/ PAYNE-LINCOLN-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY- PONTOTOC-JEFFERSON-FOARD-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...CHANDLER...SHAWNEE... SEMINOLE...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WAURIKA... CROWELL...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY... LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 351 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. PERIODS OF RAIN... AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS... WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS MUCH OF THE DAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER VERY CLOSE TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING... RESULTING IN FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS. ALTHOUGH ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES ON MAIN ROADS. SOME ICING OF WINDSHIELDS AND EXPOSED METAL SURFACES IS ALSO EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN THESE AREAS BY AROUND MIDDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 24
000 WWUS44 KOUN 161644 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1044 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN TODAY MAY CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT... ...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM NEAR EL PASO LATE SATURDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM TODAY ALLOWING MOST WINTER PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO RAIN. BUT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA... MORE COLD AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANCE BACK TO SNOW IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS SUNDAY MORNING. OKZ023-024-161745- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/ CADDO-CANADIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG 1044 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ENDING THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING RAIN TODAY. AREAS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE... BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF CANADIAN AND CADDO COUNTIES. $$ OKZ019-025-027>029-033>038-044-TXZ083-085-086-161745- /O.CAN.KOUN.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080216T1800Z/ LOGAN-OKLAHOMA-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS... FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...VERNON... WICHITA FALLS 1044 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ENDING THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING RAIN TODAY. $$ OKZ004>018-021-022-170045- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL 1044 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY HAS ENDED OVER ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AS TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SATURDAY MORNING. EVEN IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES OKLAHOMA. AT THIS TIME... ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF WET SNOW APPEAR LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... ALONG WITH AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY... WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL IMPACTS FOR TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS. $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 162023 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 223 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AT MIDAFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN AND SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BUT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANCE TO SNOW IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. OKZ004>018-170430- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WW.Y.0007.080216T2023Z-080217T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER 223 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AS OF MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY. RAIN AND PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES OKLAHOMA. AT THIS TIME... ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW APPEAR LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... ALONG WITH AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY... WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL IMPACTS FOR TRAVEL. 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. $$ OKZ021-022-162130- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/ BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL 223 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ENDING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN. RAIN THIS EVENING MAY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
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 Feb 15, 10:22 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 10:22 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1022 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
.UPDATE...
FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING IN THE OKC METRO
AREA AND OCCASIONALLY SOUTHWEST IN LAWTON AND WICHITA FALLS.
ALTHOUGH THE GROUND IS STILL RATHER WARM /MESONET SOIL
TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY UPPER 30S AND 40S AT 10 CM BELOW
SURFACE/ SO DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS... BUT MAY
START TO SEE PROBLEMS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS SO HAVE
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE FREEZING DRIZZLE. DO NOT
THINK WE WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT RECOVERY ON THE TEMPERATURES WITH
THE WIDESPREAD LOW OVERCAST AND PERSISTENT NORTHEAST SURFACE
WINDS... SO HAVE REDUCED FORECAST MAX TEMPERATURES. RUC IS THE
ONLY MODEL THAT HAS A DECENT HANDLE ON THE LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES
THIS MORNING AND IT KEEPS TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL SECTIONS.
MAIN QUESTION FOR THE ADVISORY WILL BE THE PERSISTENCE OF THE
DRIZZLE. BUT THE SHORT RANGE MODELS DO PERSIST WITH WEAK ISENTROPIC
LIFT ABOVE THE VERY SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS WHICH SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT TO REINFORCE LOW OVERCAST AND HELP DEVELOP SOME AREAS
OF DRIZZLE. THE DRIZZLE WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE WIDESPREAD AT ANY
GIVEN TIME... BUT STILL ENOUGH TO BE AN ISSUE.
UPDATED ZONES ARE ALREADY OUT.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 412 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008/
DISCUSSION...
DEVELOPING UPPER LOW OVER EXTREME SW CONUS IS PROGGED CONSISTENTLY
BY CURRENT MODELS TO MOVE TO NEAR EL PASO 12Z SAT...INTO WCENTRAL OR
NW TX 00Z SUN... AND TO VICINITY NE OK OR S MO BY 12Z SUN. THIS
LIKELY TO BE A RELATIVELY WET SYSTEM FOR FEB IN OK/NTX AS DEEP
MOISTURE /PW 1-1.5 INCHES PER BOTH NAM AND GFS/ IS DRAWN NORTHWARD
AHEAD OF IT. AS SUCH WE HAVE RAISED POPS TO CATEGORICAL MOST
AREAS SAT AND SAT NIGHT BEFORE PRECIP EXITS THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY.
SHALLOW COLD AIR NOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA... MAKING FOR A DICEY
FORECAST OF PRECIP TYPE ONCE IT BEGINS TO INCREASE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. THERE IS ALWAYS A CONCERN THAT THE MODELS ARE NOT GIVING
ENOUGH CREDIT TO THE RESILIENCY OF THE COLD SFC AIR... AND AS SUCH
THE SFC TEMPS MAY WELL END UP LOWER THAN PROGGED. WITH CURRENT
PROGGED TEMPS VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING THERE IS DEFINITE POTENTIAL
FOR ICE... BUT THERE ALSO ARE STRONG INDICATIONS OF A DEEP AND
QUITE-WARM LAYER DEVELOPING ABOVE THE SHALLOW COLD AIR IN THE
BOUNDARY LAYER. PROGGED SOUNDINGS INDICATE ABOVE-FREEZING LAYER
EXTENDING UP TO NEAR OR ABOVE 700MB IN SW OK SAT MORNING... AND
WARM NOSE UP TO 10C AROUND 800-850MB. GIVEN THIS AMOUNT OF
WARMING ALOFT... THINK THAT EVEN IF SFC TEMPS REMAIN NEAR OR JUST
BELOW FREEZING... RAIN WILL BE FALLING THROUGH ENOUGH WARM AIR TO
PREVENT MUCH OF IT FROM GLAZING UPON IMPACT WHERE THE HEAVIER
AMOUNTS ARE MORE LIKELY IN OUR SW LATE TONIGHT/SATURDAY. FARTHER N
OVER NW OK... WARM LAYER MAY NOT BE QUITE AS WARM BUT AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LESS. AND FARTHER E... EXPECT SUFFICIENT EROSION
AND/OR MODIFICATION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO LEAD MAINLY TO COLD
RAIN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE POSSIBILITY OF FZRA IN THE
HWO AND A SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIAL WX STATEMENT. ADVISORIES MAY BE
NEEDED LATER... BUT CHANCES OF WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT ICE
CURRENTLY ARE NOT CONSIDERED HIGH ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A WATCH.
WARM AIR ALOFT PRETTY MUCH ENSURES THAT ANYTHING OTHER THAN RAIN
WILL BE IN FORM OF FREEZING RAIN... I.E. NOT SNOW/SLEET... AT LEAST
UNTIL THE UPPER SYSTEM PROVIDES ENOUGH DEEP-LAYER COOLING FOR A MIX
OR CHANGEOVER TO SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE BEFORE PRECIP MOVES OUT SAT
NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. IF LOW-LEVEL COLD AIR HANGS TOUGHER AND NAM
QPF IS CLOSE WITH CURRENT 0.5-1 INCH AMOUNTS LATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN
MORNING... WE COULD BE LOOKING AT DECENT ACCUMULATIONS AND POSSIBLY
HEAVY SNOW ACROSS W/N OK NW OF THE LOW AS IT MOVES THROUGH. TRACK/
INTENSITY OF BOTH THE UPPER LOW AND THE SFC LOW CERTAINLY FIT THE
PROFILE FOR SUCH AN EVENT. IF WE END UP NEEDING WINTER STORM
HEADLINES FOR THIS SYSTEM... THEY ARE MORE APT TO ADDRESS HEAVY WET
SNOW AND PERHAPS SOME BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.
FINALLY... WARM AIR ALOFT BRINGS POSSIBILITY OF EMBEDDED ELEVATED
T-STORMS WITH AN ATTENDENT POTENTIAL FOR HAIL ACROSS OUR S LATE
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY PER SWODY1/2.
FOCUS ON THE WEEKEND SYSTEM LEADS TO LIMITED CHANGES TO THE FORECAST
BEYOND SUNDAY. MAY NEED TO COOL DOWN LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AT SOME
POINT AS 00Z ECMWF PUSHES MORE COLD AIR S INTO THE AREA. 24
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 31 30 44 34 / 10 50 100 90
HOBART OK 32 29 35 32 / 10 60 90 80
WICHITA FALLS TX 34 32 41 37 / 20 80 100 70
GAGE OK 35 24 36 32 / 10 30 70 60
PONCA CITY OK 34 24 39 31 / 10 20 80 90
DURANT OK 41 36 46 41 / 30 70 100 90
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
OKZ017>020-023>031-037>042-044.
TX...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR TXZ085-
086.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 6:30 AM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
630 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151800-
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-
630 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A CROWELL TO ARCHER CITY LINE.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFTER
MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
DISCUSSION...
SHALLOW COLD AIR HAS PUSHED ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ABOVE
THE COLD AIR WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM. AS THIS OCCURS...ELEVATED INSTABILITY
WILL INCREASE AS WELL AS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. IF THUNDERSTORMS
DO DEVELOP...A FEW MAY PRODUCE HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY FEB 16.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...60 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...40 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING AS SHALLOW MOIST AIR IS LIFTED NORTHWARD OVER THE
COLD AIR. AREAS FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. LATER
TONIGHT AREAS AND RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SOME
ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
MOIST...UNSTABLE...GULF AIR WILL OVERSPREAD NORTH AND EAST TEXAS AND
FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA SATURDAY. ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP
FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF AN
ATOKA TO ARDMORE AND ARCHER CITY...TEXAS LINE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE
THE MAIN SEVERE RISK.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PLEASE REFER TO THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS ON THE
POTENTIAL FOR WINTER PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:50 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 750 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 OKZ019-024>030-151500- LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-CANADIAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK- CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK- 750 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN...CLEVELAND... GRADY...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MCCLAIN...OKLAHOMA AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE WILL BE JUST ENOUGH PRECIPITATION TO CREATE SLICK SPOTS...MAINLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...AND BRIDGES...INCLUDING THOSE ON INTERSTATES IN OKLAHOMA CITY. DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE DRIZZLE WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 15 more | 25 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.