Alert archive / Oklahoma / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 27, 2009, 4:41 AM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 27, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr. 39 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:50 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 5 N Rosston, OK | BLOWING SNOW |
| Mar 27, 4:28 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Arnett, OK | HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO 50 YARDS. OVER 2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR, WITH A TOTAL OF 4 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Mar 27, 6:15 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 4 S Fort Supply, OK | VISIBILITY WAS 3/8 OF A MILE. |
| Mar 27, 6:40 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | 6 N Fort Supply, OK | SNOW DEPTH WAS MEASURED IN NON-DRIFT AREA. |
| Mar 27, 7:35 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Ene Cheyenne, OK | A MIXTURE AND SNOW AND SLEET WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 27, 7:35 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Fairview, OK | REPORTED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Mar 27, 7:37 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Freedom, OK | |
| Mar 27, 7:40 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | Woodward, OK | REPORTED BY THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Mar 27, 7:41 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | 1 Ene Cheyenne, OK | A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 27, 7:45 PM CDT | SNOW 9 | Buffalo, OK | |
| Mar 27, 7:50 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Cherokee, OK | |
| Mar 27, 7:55 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Aline, OK | |
| Mar 27, 8:02 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Alva, OK | THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ONE INCH OF SNOW ON TOP OF TWO INCHES OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 27, 8:30 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Mooreland, OK | SNOW WAS STILL FALLING HEAVILY. |
| Mar 27, 8:30 PM CDT | SNOW 9 | 6 N Fort Supply, OK | SNOW DEPTH WAS MEASURED IN NON-DRIFT AREA. |
| Mar 27, 9:19 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Alva, OK | HEAVY SNOW WAS STILL FALLING. |
| Mar 27, 9:30 PM CDT | SLEET 1 | Enid, OK | THE TOTAL IS A SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE PRECIPITATION HAS SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW. |
| Mar 27, 9:45 PM CDT | SNOW 9 | Fort Supply, OK | TWO TO TWO AND A HALF FOOT DRIFTS WERE ALSO REPORTED. |
| Mar 27, 10:00 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Watonga, OK | |
| Mar 27, 10:15 PM CDT | SNOW 9 | Mooreland, OK | SNOW WAS STILL FALLING HEAVILY. |
| Mar 27, 10:20 PM CDT | SNOW 12 | 6 N Fort Supply, OK | SNOW DEPTH WAS MEASURED IN NON-DRIFT AREA. |
| Mar 27, 11:15 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | 4 E Sayre, OK | |
| Mar 27, 11:30 PM CDT | SNOW 10 | Woodward, OK | REPORTED BY THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE AVERAGED ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. |
| Mar 27, 11:30 PM CDT | SNOW 13 | 6 N Fort Supply, OK | SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN AVERAGING ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED, ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF HARPER COUNTY. |
| Mar 28, 3:30 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Elk City, OK | |
| Mar 28, 3:35 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Clinton, OK | ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES. |
| Mar 28, 3:50 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Weatherford, OK | ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES. |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM CDT | SNOW 25 | 6 N Fort Supply, OK | DRIFTS OF AROUND 5 FEET. |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Jefferson, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Leedey, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Watonga, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Taloga, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 1 Ese Helena, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 11 | Mutual, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 18.4 | Fargo, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 22 | Arnett, OK | |
| Mar 28, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 23 | 2 S Buffalo, OK | FIVE TO SIX FOOT DRIFTS WERE ALSO REPORTED. |
| Mar 28, 12:00 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 4 W Hillsdale, OK | |
| Mar 28, 12:00 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | 2 Ne Nash, OK | SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 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 270941 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 441 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN...WESTERN...AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. STORM-TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS FOR EARLY SPRING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-271745- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0002.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.BZ.W.0001.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE 441 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 6 INCHES IN MOST AREAS...WITH AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ OKZ018-022>024-033>036-TXZ083-271745- /O.UPG.KOUN.WS.A.0003.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090327T1800Z-090328T1800Z/ KINGFISHER-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...CORDELL...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS... QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 441 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY LATE MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ008-013-019-020-025-026-271745- /O.UPG.KOUN.WS.A.0003.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ KAY-NOBLE-LOGAN-PAYNE-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...GUTHRIE... STILLWATER...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER 441 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...WHERE 8 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ027-038-271745- /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090327T1800Z-090328T1800Z/ GRADY-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHICKASHA...LAWTON 441 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY LATE MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ028>030-271745- /O.NEW.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE 441 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KOUN 271615 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1115 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN...WESTERN...AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. STORM-TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS FOR EARLY SPRING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. OKZ008-013-019-020-280015- /O.EXT.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090327T1615Z-090329T0000Z/ KAY-NOBLE-LOGAN-PAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...GUTHRIE... STILLWATER 1115 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW AND SLEET TONIGHT. THIS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...WHERE 8 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ018-022>024-027-033>036-038-TXZ083-280015- /O.EXT.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090327T1615Z-090328T1800Z/ KINGFISHER-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-GRADY-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA- JACKSON-COMANCHE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...CORDELL...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...CHICKASHA...HOLLIS...MANGUM... HOBART...ALTUS...LAWTON...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 1115 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY LATE MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-280015- /O.CON.KOUN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE 1115 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 6 INCHES IN MOST AREAS...WITH AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ OKZ025-026-028>030-280015- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...PURCELL... NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE 1115 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 271956 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 256 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN...WESTERN...AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. STORM-TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS FOR EARLY SPRING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-280400- /O.CON.KOUN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE 256 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ OKZ008-013-019-020-280400- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ KAY-NOBLE-LOGAN-PAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...GUTHRIE... STILLWATER 256 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND SLEET LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW AND SLEET LATER TONIGHT. THIS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...WHERE 8 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ018-022>024-027-033>036-038-TXZ083-280400- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ KINGFISHER-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-GRADY-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA- JACKSON-COMANCHE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...CORDELL...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...CHICKASHA...HOLLIS...MANGUM... HOBART...ALTUS...LAWTON...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 256 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ025-026-028>030-280400- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...PURCELL... NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE 256 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE EARLY EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO MAINLY SNOW LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ037-039-044-TXZ084>087-280400- /O.NEW.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.090327T1956Z-090328T1200Z/ TILLMAN-STEPHENS-COTTON-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDERICK...DUNCAN...WALTERS... CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY 256 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. AREAS OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 280206 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 906 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN...WESTERN...AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. STORM-TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS FOR EARLY SPRING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-281015- /O.CON.KOUN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE 906 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR MOST OF NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT AND ENDING SOMETIME SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DRIFTS MAY BE SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN SOME AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ OKZ008-013-019-020-025-026-028>030-281015- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ KAY-NOBLE-LOGAN-PAYNE-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...GUTHRIE... STILLWATER...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...PURCELL...NORMAN... MOORE...SHAWNEE 906 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. A MIX OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BUT WILL TAPER OFF IN THE AFTERNOON AND END IN MOST AREAS BY THE END OF THE DAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY REACH 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH IN SOME AREAS BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS... SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE SATURDAY ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... INCLUDING MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA... AND FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE STILLWATER.. ENID... AND PONCA CITY AREAS. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN MANY AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY BE DOWNED IN SOME AREAS OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND WIND... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ018-022>024-027-033>036-038-TXZ083-281015- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ KINGFISHER-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-GRADY-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA- JACKSON-COMANCHE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...CORDELL...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...CHICKASHA...HOLLIS...MANGUM... HOBART...ALTUS...LAWTON...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE 906 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA... AND A SMALL PART OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVER WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MAINLY SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW.. SLEET... OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ037-039-044-TXZ084>087-281015- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ TILLMAN-STEPHENS-COTTON-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDERICK...DUNCAN...WALTERS... CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY 906 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AREAS OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 280943 WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION TODAY... .THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL SHIFT EAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN-THIRD OF OKLAHOMA WITH AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THIS MORNING. BY AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE SEEN EAST OF THE INTERSTATE-35 CORRIDOR. OKZ019-025-028>030-281745- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ LOGAN-OKLAHOMA-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...OKLAHOMA CITY...PURCELL... NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE 2 OR 3 INCHES. WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OKZ018-022>024-027-035-038-281745- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ KINGFISHER-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-GRADY-KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...CORDELL...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...CHICKASHA...HOBART...LAWTON 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA THROUGH THIS MORNING. MANY LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OKZ033-034-036-TXZ083-281200- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ HARMON-GREER-JACKSON-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLIS...MANGUM...ALTUS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE SEEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE 2 OR 3 INCHES. WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OKZ026-281745- /O.CAN.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHANDLER 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SPOTS MAY 3 OR 4 INCHES. WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ084-087-281045- /O.CAN.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ FOARD-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROWELL...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL STILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT. $$ OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-281745- /O.CON.KOUN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DRIFTS WILL BE SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN SOME AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ OKZ008-013-020-281745- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ KAY-NOBLE-PAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...STILLWATER 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE TODAY SATURDAY ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND PONCA CITY DOWN TOWARD STILLWATER. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL ALSO STRESS TREES AND POWER LINES THAT MAY ALREADY BE COATED WITH ICE AND SNOW...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ OKZ031-040-281745- /O.EXB.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ SEMINOLE-GARVIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...PAULS VALLEY 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. AREAS FROM AROUND PAULS VALLEY UP THROUGH SEMINOLE MAY RECEIVE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW. WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OKZ045-281200- /O.EXA.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAURIKA 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE SEEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW. WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OKZ039-044-281745- /O.EXT.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ STEPHENS-COTTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNCAN...WALTERS 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 OR 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OKZ037-TXZ085-086-281200- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ TILLMAN-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDERICK...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
000 WWUS44 KOUN 281211 AAA WSWOUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 711 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN OVER OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS... .THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL SHIFT EAST AND NORTH OF OKLAHOMA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN-THIRD OF OKLAHOMA WITH AREAS OF LIGHT AND MODERATE SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THIS MORNING. BY AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE SEEN EAST OF THE INTERSTATE-35 CORRIDOR. OKZ035-038>040-044-281315- /O.CAN.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ KIOWA-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-COTTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOBART...LAWTON...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY...WALTERS 711 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. $$ OKZ033-034-036-037-045-TXZ083-085-086-281315- /O.EXP.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ HARMON-GREER-JACKSON-TILLMAN-JEFFERSON-HARDEMAN-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLIS...MANGUM...ALTUS...FREDERICK... WAURIKA...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS 711 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. $$ OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-281800- /O.CON.KOUN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE 711 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH NOON. DRIFTS WILL BE SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN SOME AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ OKZ008-013-020-282015- /O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ KAY-NOBLE-PAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...STILLWATER 711 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING...BEFORE THE POSSIBILITY OF A DEVELOPING SNOW BAND ENTERS NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON IF THE BAND GETS CLOSE ENOUGH TO AFFECT NORTH-CENTRAL PARTS OF OKLAHOMA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRESS TREES AND POWER LINES THAT MAY ALREADY BE COATED WITH ICE AND SNOW...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ OKZ018-019-022>025-027>031-281800- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ KINGFISHER-LOGAN-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE 711 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. MOST AREAS WILL JUST RECEIVE A DUSTING AFTER SUNRISE...BUT A FEW LOCATIONS COULD STILL GET AN INCH OR SO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OKZ026-282015- /O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHANDLER 711 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE ONE TO TWO INCHES NEAR AND NORTH OF THE CHANDLER AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Mar 27, 4:20 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 4:20 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
420 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
.DISCUSSION...
THE PREVIOUS WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD
WARNING AND THE PREVIOUS WATCH WILL BE EXPANDED AND CONVERTED TO A
WINTER STORM WARNING. BLIZZARD CRITERIA WILL LIKELY BE MET BUT NOT
FOR THE ENTIRE WARNING PERIOD. GIVEN VERY SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING EXPECTED...THE HARDER BLIZZARD
WARNING SHOULD GET RIGHT MESSAGE ACROSS TO THOSE ACROSS NORTHWEST
PARTS OF THE STATE AND IT WILL BLEND WELL WITH SURROUND WFO
HIGHLIGHTS. A FEW COUNTIES WERE ADDED FOR THE NEW WARNING. THIS
WILL INCORPORATE AREAS FROM LAWTON...UP THROUGH CHICKASHA...
NORMAN...AND SHAWNEE. GOING TO BE A TIGHT GRADIENT ON SOUTHERN
END OF HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS...SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE MOST SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN THE WARNING MAY NOT GET
MUCH SNOW. ADVISORIES CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATER TODAY JUST SOUTH
OF NEW WARNING...SOMETHING THAT THE DAY SHIFT WILL MONITOR AND
TAKE ACTION IF NEEDED. AS FAR AS TIMING...WE WILL START THE NEW
WARNING A LITTLE LATER...THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW...ROUGHLY
FROM THE I-35 CORRIDOR EAST AND NORTHEAST. CHANGE OVER IN THE
OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA WILL LIKELY WAIT UNTIL MID-LATE AFTERNOON
WITH ACCUMULATIONS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THIS EVENING. THIS BEING
TYPED WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WITH INTENSIFYING SYSTEMS SUCH AS
THIS...THE COLD AIR CAN SURGE FARTHER AND FASTER THAN PROGD.
STILL...A CHANGE OVER IN THE 4 TO 7 PM TIME-FRAME STILL LOOKS
CAUTIOUSLY REASONABLE.
MODEL DERIVED SNOWFALL TOTALS STILL OFF OF THE CHARTS (25 TO 30
INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST 1/4 OF OKLAHOMA). WE INCREASED THEM A BIT ON
SOUTHERN FRINGE OF WARNING AND ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA BASED ON
LATEST SREF...HPC COORD...AND OTHER WFO GRIDDED FORECASTS.
DEFORMATION/PIVOT POINT OF MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A BAND OF
WELL OVER A FOOT SOMEWHERE...CURRENTLY MOST LIKELY ACROSS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA UP INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS.
REST OF PACKAGE...SUNDAY AND BEYOND...WAS DERIVED FROM GFS
INITIALIZATIONS WITH VERY LITTLE MODIFICATIONS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 46 30 39 26 / 90 100 60 0
HOBART OK 39 28 40 28 / 90 90 30 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 50 31 46 33 / 60 50 10 0
GAGE OK 31 22 36 22 / 100 100 30 0
PONCA CITY OK 39 30 36 21 / 100 100 80 0
DURANT OK 60 34 46 35 / 70 50 30 0
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY
FOR OKZ008-013-019-020-025-026-028>030.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR OKZ018-022>024-027-033>036-038.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021.
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR TXZ083.
&&
26/11Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 11:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1131 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-271300-
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-
1131 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A CHANDLER... TO EL RENO
AND DUNCAN OKLAHOMA LINE.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THROUGH 3 AM.
IMPACTS...
MAIN RISKS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH
3 AM.
DISCUSSION...
A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AND STALL NEAR THE RED RIVER. A
MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. A LOW
LEVEL JET WILL ALSO DEVELOP. THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW LEVEL
JET AND DISTURBANCE MAY BE ENOUGH FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION... THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER-LEVEL
STORM WILL SUFFICIENTLY COOL THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. IF
STORMS DEVELOP... A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE
HAIL THE PRIMARY CONCERN.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MAR 27.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...60 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
RAIN MAY BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A DEVELOPING MAJOR STORM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER
NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW ALSO MAY
ACCUMULATE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN
AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BE LIKELY CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA A WINTER STORM WARNING IS EFFECTIVE FROM 7
AM FRIDAY THROUGH MID-DAY SATURDAY. A WATCH IS IN EFFECT FARTHER
SOUTH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND A SMALL
PART OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
30/25The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:41 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, Greer and 13 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 16 more | 26 hr |
Nearby
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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.