URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
322 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...
.A POWERFUL LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH TEXAS... FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN
AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR-
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. STORM-TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD
REACH UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON... AND
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATION FOR THE
UPCOMING SNOW STORM.
OKZ025-026-270600-
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OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER
322 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND
MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON
BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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