Also hard freeze warnings in effect! – In mid April!
Snow beginning tonight with BRIEF near blizzard conditions possible across the North Texas & Western Oklahoma Panhandles, according to Chris Morris with the National Weather Service in Amarillo, Texas
There’s also a hard freeze warnings in effect! ( http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ama/ )
Right now, as I write this (10:53 am, Apr 13), it’s 70F (21C) in Amarillo, making it hard to believe that temperatures will drop that much by tonight.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX … 750 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… BOISE CITY… KEYES… GUYMON… BEAVER… FORGAN… DALHART… STRATFORD… SPEARMAN… GRUVER… PERRYTON… HARTLEY… CHANNING
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…BLOWING SNOW…AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY.
* EVENT…LIGHT SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALSO THE FAR NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW…REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN LOCALIZED AREAS.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVIEST AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE EXITING AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY.
* IMPACTS…ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=ama&wwa=winter%20weather%20advisor
Thanks to Kenneth Lund and Steven Little for this info