Wx on the Great Plains during "spring break"

.. MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINNING THIS MORNING...

A LATE SEASON ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING... WHILE A POWERFUL LATE-WINTER STORM BEARS DOWN ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STORM WAS STILL CENTERED BACK IN NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING... BUT SNOW WAS INCREASING TO ITS EAST FROM THE HIGH PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

THE MAIN IMPACTS OF THIS STORM WILL BE HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN... CENTRAL... AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA... WHILE LOCAL AMOUNTS CLOSE TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... WITH SPEEDS AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH... AND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THE SNOW WILL BE SOMEWHAT WET INITIALLY... WITH TEMPERATURES JUST A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING AT THE GROUND... BUT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST SNOW. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EASTWARD. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS THIS WEEKEND. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM.