From the National Weather Service
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN
LATE THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON INTO SATURDAY
MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE-QUARTER INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING
ONE-HALF INCH CURRENTLY APPEAR POSSIBLE OVER FAR WEST-CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES
WHICH COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS. BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION…ESPECIALLY IF YOU
PLAN TO TRAVEL.
Also from The National Weather Service
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
222 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2015
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-252030-
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
222 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2015
…HEAVY RAINFALL…FREEZING RAIN…AND SLEET EXPECTED THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY…
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE
REGION BEGINNING THANKSGIVING DAY. RAINFALL CHANCES WILL INCREASE
BY MIDDAY THURSDAY ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA…AND
THEN SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE REGION BY THURSDAY EVENING. BY
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING…HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I44 CORRIDOR. SOME LOCATIONS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA COULD RECEIVE OVER 3 INCHES
OF RAINFALL BY SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING. AT LEAST MODERATE RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF I40 FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND.
IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN CHANCES WILL THEN INCREASE LATE
FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN…CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
IT UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME HOW MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.
HOWEVER…SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA
COULD RECEIVE OVER ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE TOTAL. HIGHER ICE
AMOUNTS MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES…POWERLINES…AND OTHER ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ANYWHERE ACROSS OKLAHOMA OR TEXAS THIS
WEEKEND…BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS…WATCHES AND
WARNINGS AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN.
