Special Weather Statement/NWS/Oklahoma

Special Weather Statement
Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

400 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
OKZ007-008-012-013-018>020-024-025-027>029-162300-
LOGAN OK-KINGFISHER OK-GARFIELD OK-NOBLE OK-KAY OK-GRANT OK-
CANADIAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-PAYNE OK-CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-
400 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN...CLEVELAND...
GARFIELD...GRADY...GRANT...KAY...KINGFISHER...LOGAN...MCCLAIN...
NOBLE...OKLAHOMA AND PAYNE COUNTIES.
AT 4 PM...

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WAS EXPANDING ALONG A COLD
FRONT THAT EXTENDED FROM ANADARKO...TO PIEDMONT...GUTHRIE...
AND BLACKWELL. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED PASS EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR THROUGH 6 PM...FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY FALLING
TEMPERATURES...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS...AND A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND
SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE
THE SNOW ENDS...WHICH MAY CREATE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THE VISIBILITY MAY
ALSO FALL QUICKLY AS THE SNOW DEVELOPS.
$$
JAMES

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Short Term Forecast
Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
430 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-162300-
ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN-
CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LOVE-MAJOR-MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-WOODS-WOODWARD-
430 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
...REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS
NORTH-CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. AT 430 PM...THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM PONCA CITY...TO WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO...TO CHICKASHA...TO WICHITA
FALLS. THE FRONT WAS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN COOL AND DAMP CONDITIONS
TO THE EAST...AND COLD AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE WEST.
ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...FROM JUST NORTH OF
CHICKASHA ALL THE WAY UP INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS...A THIN BAND OF RAIN
AND SNOW WAS DETECTED. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN WILL LIKELY SWITCH
OVER TO MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW. THIS SNOW MAY LAST 30 MINUTES TO AN
HOUR...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY ON
GRASSY SURFACES. WITH THE ANTICIPATED INTENSITY OF THE SNOW BAND...
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE...AND EXTRA
TIME AND CAUTION WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE RUSH HOUR PERIOD. DUE TO THE
WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY MELT THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT FALLING TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN SOME ICY SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING OVER THE PANHANDLES INTO
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WERE
ALSO OCCURRING AT TIMES WITHIN THIS LIGHT SNOW REGION. ALSO...IN
AREAS WEST OF THE COLD FRONT...A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND WAS DRIVING
WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.
THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ITS FORWARD SPEED THROUGH
THIS EVENING...AND WILL MOVE INTO FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY MIDNIGHT.
$$
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