URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
342 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2010
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342 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2010
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM
CST THURSDAY…
…A BRIEF PERIOD OF WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MILES AND HOUR WILL CAUSE
POOR VISIBILITIES…DRIFTING SNOW…AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WIND…DRIFTING SNOW…AND COLD WEATHER WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
PUSHMATAHA…CHOCTAW…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…
PITTSBURG…SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE…LATIMER
AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…CRAWFORD…
BENTON… SEBASTIAN…CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BRING SOME
SNOW…AND WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES. THIS FRONT
WILL USHER IN THE COLDEST WEATHER IN A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
* ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 PM
WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY.
* WINDS MAY GUST TO 35 MILES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND 7 AM CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES..DRIFTING SNOW AND A SHORT PERIOD
OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE ZERO TO MINUS TEN AT MANY LOCATIONS
BY THURSDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS…
ESPECIALLY ON NON-TREATED SURFACES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING.
ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS AND
TAKE PLENTY OF WARM CLOTHES SHOULD ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER
EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
DEFINITION…
* THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW
WIND AND COLD WILL CREATE WEATHER DIFFICULTIES…ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE TRAVELING WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.