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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK359 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009

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....WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THISEVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTERWEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CSTTHIS EVENING.* TIMING: RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THEMORNING HOURS. THE WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END FROMWEST TO EAST BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.* MAIN IMPACT: ONE TO THREE INCHES OF WET SNOW ACCUMULATION WILLBE POSSIBLE TODAY MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ANDWESTERN NORTH TEXAS.* OTHER IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW-PACKED ROAD CONDITIONS ARE NOTEXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE NEAR OR ONLY SLIGHTLYBELOW FREEZING. HOWEVER... PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULTIN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS IN SOME AREAS. DRYWEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT WATER THAT REMAINS ON ROADS ANDSIDEWALKS

WILL FREEZE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW COULD CAUSETRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITEDVISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.