Thursday, March 6, 2008

Winter Storm Warning And Advisory For Oklahoma And Texas

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
SEMINOLE-HUGHES-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...DUNCAN...
PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...
TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT
1210 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST FROM NORTH TEXAS
INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM RYAN TO PAULS VALLEY... AND AREAS
TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM
SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA... AND INTO EAST- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... INCLUDING AREAS
AROUND ARDMORE... TISHOMINGO...COALGATE...ATOKA...AND DURANT WHERE 4
TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING AND BEWARE OF SLICK AREAS ON ROADWAYS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES IN SNOW.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1210 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008
...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NEW MEXICO ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WHICH WILL RESULT IN
HEAVY WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM SOUTH- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ACROSS
SOUTHEAST AND EAST- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM MARIETTA... ARDMORE...
AND THE ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS... NORTHEAST TOWARD ADA...
HOLDENVILLE... COALGATE... AND ATOKA... WHERE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW IS LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...
NORMAN...MOORE...FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...VERNON...
WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...
LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
1210 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA
THIS AFTERNOON. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM CHANDLER TO NORMAN TO LAWTON AND WALTERS. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO FLURRIES AND END THIS EVENING.
THESE AMOUNTS OF SNOW MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

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