I get emergency weather notifications from the National Weather Service via email and this is what I have been getting since yesterday (guess I better go to the grocery store before Saturday):


MAJOR WINTER STORM LIKELY.

.A POWERFUL LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF OK
AND N. TX FROM LATE THUR NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PARTS OF
NORTHERN & WESTERN OK. & STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. STORM-TOTAL SNOWFALL
COULD REACH UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON. AND
BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW COULD VIRTUALLY SHUT DOWN MANY PARTS OF
NORTHWESTERN OK BY SATURDAY.

HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-BECKHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.BUFFALO.ALVA.CHEROKEE.MEDFORD.
PONCA CITY.ARNETT.WOODWARD.FAIRVIEW.ENID.PERRY.
CHEYENNE.TALOGA.WEATHERFORD.CLINTON.WATONGA.
KINGFISHER.ELK CITY.SAYRE

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THUR NIGHT
THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF
OK. THE WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED FARTHER SO. INTO A LARGER
PART OF SOUTHWESTERN & CNTL OK LATER TONIGHT OR ON
THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT
AND POSSIBLY CRIPPLING WEATHER EVENT IN NORTHWESTERN OK.
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT
OR MORE. & STRONG WINDS LEADING TO MAJOR BLOWING & DRIFTING
ALONG WITH NEAR-WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER FAR NW OK
LATE THUR NIGHT. SNOW WILL SPREAD SE & BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRI NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. WITH
SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN FAR
NORTHWESTERN OK. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW. & NEAR- BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR AT TIMES FROM FRI THROUGH EARLY SAT AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW. SLEET. OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.