[OKDXA] Winter Storm Watch Friday Afternoon through Sunday Evening

[N5PA]

Yep, sounds like you guys are going to get hammered this weekend.  Better
get your generators out and tested now!  Sounds like the wind will be high,
also.  It does not appear to be heading to the Tulsa area, though.  Here is
the Winter Storm Watch:

Winter Storm Watch

/O.NEW.KOUN.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z- 070115T0000Z/ 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-LOVE-MARSHALL-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...MARIETTA... MADILL... QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...
CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS... MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER
CITY...HOLLIDAY... LAKESIDE CITY... HENRIETTA 509 AM CST THU JAN 11 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING RAPIDLY ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
EVENING...AT THE SAME TIME THAT MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL
STORM. ALTHOUGH SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL AS LIGHT AND OCCASIONALLY MODERATE FREEZING RAIN. CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS
EARLY AS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THIS TIME...BUT
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AGAIN SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS THE MAIN UPPER STORM COMES THROUGH THE AREA.

BY SUNDAY EVENING...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM A QUARTER INCH TO WELL
OVER ONE INCH. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR FROM WICHITA FALLS THROUGH OKLAHOMA
CITY...INCLUDING A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BRING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND THE POSSIBILITY
FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES... LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES.

THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND POWER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.