Amarillo received only about 3 inches of snow overnight but high winds have caused 3- to 4-foot drifts.
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The National Weather Service warned the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles to be ready for a “historic blizzard” that could dump 6 to 15 inches of snow.
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Meanwhile, a winter storm watch remains in effect in the remainder of the Oklahoma Panhandle as well as western and central Oklahoma from Saturday evening through Monday.
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Severe weather hit other parts of the state Saturday. Various other road closures are also impacting eastern New Mexico.
Unseasonably warm weather helped fuel more storms and floods across the South on Christmas Day.
Elsewhere, severe storms in Collin County – northeast of Dallas – left at least eight people dead. The snow will move into central Oklahoma, including Oklahoma City, early Monday and end Monday night. Several people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and some were trapped inside damaged homes, Lt. Sean Edwards, a Birmingham police spokesman, told the Associated Press.
Three to 6 inches of rain (with locally higher amounts) is expected for North Texas, with more than 8 inches possible to the north and northeast along the Red River into Oklahoma, where amounts could exceed 10 inches – leading to very risky flash flooding conditions.
An arctic cold front will swoop down to the Rio Grande area of west Texas, bringing a nasty mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from there to New Mexico on Saturday and Sunday, forecasters predicted.
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Combined snow and sleet accumulations of 4 to 10 inches are possible across the region.
