Winter Weather Possible

Oklahoma Watches and Warnings

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK1000 PM CST MON DEC 24 2007

...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES MONDAY EVENING WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT AROUND AN INCH OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BEFORE THE WINTER PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.

UNCERTAINTIES IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW... LIKEWISE LEAD TO THE UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE EXACT AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS OF THE SNOWFALL. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA IF THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW SOONER THAN IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED.ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

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1000 PM CST MON DEC 24 2007