SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1213 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011500- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... HOLDENVILLE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK... LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE... WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA... MADILL...DURANT...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON... WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 1213 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK... MULTIPLE STORM SYSTEMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CAUSE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION FOR PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ROUND ONE WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ROUND NUMBER TWO WILL TAKE SHAPE SATURDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. THE THIRD ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. MORE WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ROUND ONE... FREEZING RAIN AND/OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING ON SATURDAY MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND/OR SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. OVERALL... AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... TRACE TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF INCH... SO NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER... A FEW SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ROUND TWO... THIS ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A GREATER IMPACT...AND WILL OCCUR FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40... ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A WINTRY MIX...INCLUDING SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. SNOW AND/OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MAY RESULT IN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS IN THESE AREAS. ROUND THREE...THIS ROUND WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW THE SECOND STORM SYSTEM WITH THE NEXT WAVE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH AND EAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY OCCURING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND POSSIBLY CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER...IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL MORE SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST AND HOW MUCH ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR... SLICK TRAVEL COULD ALSO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. THERE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST... ESPECIALLY FOR THE STORM SYSTEMS SET TO IMPACT OKLAHOMA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... AND MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN AND REMAIN WEATHER AWARE BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...VISITING OUR WEBSITE... AND FOLLOWING US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. $$
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:52:55 +0000
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