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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