000 NOUS44 KAMA 071110 PNSAMA OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-081100- WINTER WEATHER IMPACT STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 510 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER IMPACT STATEMENT... VALID... TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED... SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. AFFECTED AREA... SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. FORECAST TIMING OF THE EVENT... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...WITH TUESDAY NIGHT LOOKING TO BE THE MAIN PERIOD WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. ITS POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX EARLY ON...BUT THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT WHICH CAN CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP INTO THE LOWER TEENS DURING THE EVENING THEN TO SUBZERO READINGS IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SINGLE DIGITS ELSEWHERE TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 2 INCHES IN THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE TO 6 INCHES IN THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY INTO COLORADO TUESDAY WHERE IT WILL INTENSIFY. STRONG UPPER LEVEL LIFT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THIS SYSTEM SLIDE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY. $$ CLK