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.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 152 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
130 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-241100-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
130 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS
WEST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM... MOVES EASTWARD WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.
MEANWHILE COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
AREA. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS AND THE WESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA BY SUNRISE AS THE COLDER AIR
DEEPENS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...MAINLY IN
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN LIMITED AND NO SEVERE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY DEC 24.
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...
WINTER STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY FOR
WESTERN NORTH AND MUCH OF OKLAHOMA. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SNOW... COLD TEMPERATURES... STRONG WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILL
READINGS WILL PREVAIL AREA-WIDE ON THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
BE LIKELY ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW... RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
THURSDAY.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 247 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY.
* TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH ACCUMULATION UP TO 3
INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: INCREASINGLY BLUSTERY WINDS ON THURSDAY...WITH
SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. FREEZING
RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$