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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
420 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER IMPACT STATEMENT...

VALID...

SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED...

SNOW...AND DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

AFFECTED AREA...

THE VERY COLD WEATHER...AND POSSIBLY THE SNOW COULD AFFECT ALL OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...THOUGH THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL
BE IN THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

FORECAST TIMING OF THE EVENT...

THE SNOW COULD START AS EARLY AS SUNDAY MORNING. THE ARCTIC FRONT
WHICH WILL USHER IN THE COLDEST AIR...WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THIS FRONT LEADING TO
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY
MORNING. THE VERY COLD AIR COULD REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS...

SNOW TOTALS COULD RANGE FROM LESS THAN A HALF OF AN INCH ACROSS THE
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TO AROUND 5 INCHES IN THE EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.

WINDY CONDITIONS...AND LOWS IN THE TEENS AND 20S ON MONDAY MORNING
COULD LEAD TO WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 10 TO -10 DEGREES. WIND
CHILLS ON TUESDAY MORNING LOOK TO BE EVEN LOWER...RANGING FROM -5
TO -15 DEGREES.

DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY...WHICH
WILL BE THE START OF THE STORM SYSTEM. THE VERY COLD ARCTIC FRONT
WILL ARRIVE BY MONDAY MORNING...NOT ONLY BRINGING THE VERY COLD
AIR...BUT ALSO PROVIDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR SNOW THROUGH
MONDAY.

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JOHNSON