NWS Tulsa: Winter Storm Warning update at 10:06PM

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1006 PM CST THU JAN 28 2010

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BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-
ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-
MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1006 PM CST THU JAN 28 2010

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST FRIDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT…

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
 * IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
   WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
   PUSHMATAHA…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…
 * A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE
   WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
   ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH HEAVY PRECIPITATION
   HAS ENDED FOR A TIME OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA…MORE
   WINTRY WEATHER WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

  
IMPACTS…
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
   ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
   NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…MAYES…DELAWARE…WAGONER…
   CHEROKEE…PITTSBURG…CARROLL…MADISON…CRAWFORD…COUNTIES
   WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED…ROGERS…
   OKFUSKEE…COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE
   REPORTED…OSAGE…WASHINGTON…PAWNEE…TULSA…CREEK…
   OKMULGEE…BENTON…WASHINGTON…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

 * 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.

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