Strong Winds as Temperatures Decline/NWS

Active Watches and Warnings
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
436 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

.A CORE OF STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BEGIN TO REACH
THE SURFACE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THESE
WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET AND APPROACH OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.
OKZ008-013-019-020-025-026-028>032-040>043-046>048-050>052-142100-
/O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0011.080214T1500Z-080214T2100Z/
KAY-NOBLE-LOGAN-PAYNE-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-CARTER-
JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...GUTHRIE...
STILLWATER...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...PURCELL...NORMAN...
MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...PAULS VALLEY...
SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...
MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT
436 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE
LIKELY TODAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH NEAR INTERSTATE
35 BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT NEARS THE AREA. STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
700 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-142200-
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-
700 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008
...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...

A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF ICE TO THE WESTERN THIRD OF OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS
THIS WEEKEND...WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE
44...AND POSSIBLY FLOODING RAINS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

A LIGHT MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY
NIGHT...BEFORE EXPANDING AND BECOMING HEAVIER ACROSS THE WESTERN
THIRD OF OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY. MEANWHILE...MAINLY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

THE ICE MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA ON
SATURDAY...BEFORE THE MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE
44 MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

BECAUSE TEMPERATURES OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER
CLOSE TO FREEZING THIS WEEKEND...PRECISE ICE AND SNOW TOTALS ARE
VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT
THE WESTERN THIRD OF OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS HAVE A CHANCE
TO RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF A FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
MIXTURE THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF A HEAVY WET SNOW ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
FLOODING RAINS MAY OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHERE RAIN TOTALS
THROUGH MAY AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES.