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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

531 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017



OKZ002-003-TXZ004-005-009-010-015-151200-

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TEXAS-BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...

BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...SHAMROCK...

WHEELER

531 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017



...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...



* PRECIP TYPE...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE

  FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

  PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY AND

  CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING.



* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF

  OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.



* IMPACTS...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. POWER

  OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE.

  COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. ALSO...ICE ON SIDEWALKS...PORCHES...AND

  DRIVEWAYS WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS

WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY

DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL WITH

YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. BE ALERT FOR

SNAPPED POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES. BE PREPARED FOR POWER

OUTAGES BY HAVING ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES AND SEVERAL DAYS OF

SUPPLIES.



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OKZ001-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>014-017>020-151200-

/O.CON.KAMA.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170115T1800Z/

CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-

POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART...

STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...

BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...

CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON

531 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017



...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST

SUNDAY...



* PRECIP TYPE...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS

  THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

  TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING.



* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY

  LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH MOSTLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES.



* IMPACTS...THE ICE WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

  BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES WILL FREEZE FIRST. IN 

  ADDITION...SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR

FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.



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