Conclues PDS Winter Storm
Posted by JAC on 1/30/2011, 8:07 pm





URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
415 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011

OKZ007-008-012-013-018>020-023>031-040-310615-
/O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0001.110201T0000Z-110202T0000Z/
GRANT-KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-CADDO-CANADIAN-
OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-
GARVIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...ENID...PERRY...
KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...
MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...
NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...PAULS VALLEY
415 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM SITUATION... WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD OR NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH
LIFE-THREATENING WIND CHILLS. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. ALL RESIDENTS IN
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA ARE URGED TO TAKE THIS DEVELOPING
WINTER STORM SERIOUSLY AND PLAN FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT
DISRUPTIONS BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN NEVADA INTO THE
 FOUR CORNERS REGION BY MIDDAY MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN
 MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY.

* TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE QUICKLY TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN
 SLEET AND SNOW MONDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIME
 LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... ALONG WITH
 SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT: A CRIPPLING COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
 FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... MAKING
 TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
 WIND CHILL VALUES LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE STRONG
 WINDS... ALONG WITH EVEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OR SNOW ON
 EXPOSED SURFACES... ALSO MAY LEAD TO DISRUPTIONS OF COMMERCIAL
 POWER. BLOWING SNOW MAY CREATE POOR VISIBILITY AND
 NEAR-WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS.

* ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
 AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING... MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. VERY
 COLD CONDITIONS FOLLOWING THE STORM MAY KEEP SOME ROADS FROZEN
 AND HAZARDOUS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

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