HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 755 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
755 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF OKLAHOMA TODAY...BUT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
COLD AND STABLE LOW LEVEL AIR WILL DEEPEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL GENERATE ENOUGH LIFTING TO GENERATE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION...RANGING FROM
RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SMALL HAIL...SLEET...AND EVEN SNOW. BURSTS
OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. BY EVENING...INTENSE LIFT WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW...ENDING THE CHANCE OF THUNDER.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST FRIDAY DEC 25.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...5 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS UNFOLDING OVER ALL OF OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS
PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SLIDE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY
NIGHT...AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH FRESH SNOW ON
THE GROUND...TEMPERATURES MAY FALL VERY LOW AT NIGHT...INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO...AND RISE ONLY TO NEAR FREEZING IN THE
DAY. SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH SUB
FREEZING WEATHER. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH ZERO DEGREES
AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE
REGION NEXT WEEK...BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 417 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING: ALL OF TODAY AND THIS EVENING
* MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES...BUT
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA MAY RECEIVE 8 TO 11 INCHES...GENERALLY BETWEEN
LAWTON AND PAULS VALLEY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL BE DELAYED THIS
MORNING IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING
OKLAHOMA CITY...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...AND PONCA CITY. A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CREATE
VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BY MIDDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS
THEN EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO
REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WHICH CAN BE
DISORIENTING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING STORM.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 421 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: NEAR SUNRISE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: INCREASINGLY BLUSTERY WINDS...RESULTING IN
BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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