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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
343 PM CST MON JAN 20 2025
TXC011-065-117-129-179-375-381-202230-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SQ.W.0010.250120T2143Z-250120T2230Z/
ARMSTRONG TX-RANDALL TX-CARSON TX-DEAF SMITH TX-GRAY TX-POTTER TX-
DONLEY TX-
343 PM CST MON JAN 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
SOUTHERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN DONLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CST.
* AT 343 PM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GROOM TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
UMBARGER, MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 123.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 123.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMARILLO, CANYON, PANHANDLE, CLAUDE, WHITE DEER, LAKE TANGLEWOOD,
GROOM, BUSHLAND, WASHBURN, UMBARGER, PALO DURO CANYON, GOODNIGHT,
MESCALERO PARK, TIMBERCREEK CANYON, AND PANTEX.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
LAT...LON 3480 10205 3518 10227 3518 10217 3521 10217
3545 10110 3510 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 340DEG 19KT 3533 10103 3501 10220
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
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