Warning!
Issued by The National Weather Service
Amarillo, TX
3:39 pm CST, Mon., Jan. 4, 2010
... COLD AIR IS HEADED FOR THE PANHANDLES...
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL BLAST ITS WAY THROUGH THE PANHANDLES ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE BROUGHT SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION FROM CANADA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO NEAR 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION... SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MINOR ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE INCH IS EXPECTED.
THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED FLESH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES... SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING.
And, it was in all-caps, so it must be serious.
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