000 NOUS44 KAMA 301100 AAA PNSAMA OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-311100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 500 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER IMPACT STATEMENT... VALID... MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED... MAINLY SNOW ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MAY RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW. AFFECTED AREA... LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WITH A VERY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. FORECAST TIMING OF THE EVENT... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES MONDAY AFTERNOON. A BRIEF MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM MONDAY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING. AFTER 9 PM MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END BY 6 AM WEDNESDAY. POTENTIAL IMPACTS... 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. MINIMAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS FOR THE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY COMMUTES. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF A SERIES OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS EARLY THIS WEEK AND A REINFORCING SURGE OF MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR MONDAY WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTER WEATHER ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. $$ SCHNEIDER