URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
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405 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT…
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…
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES
SLOWLY FALL. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE
THERE. FURTHER NORTH THE WINTER STORM CRITERIA FOR ICE HAS BEEN
MET IN PLACES AND THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY TURN TO SLEET
AND SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON.
HOWEVER…PARTS OF THE AREA…ESPECIALLY THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF ARKANSAS…COULD SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW.
* UP TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND UP TO A QUARTER
OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
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…
WASHINGTON…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…PAWNEE…TULSA…CREEK…OKMULGEE…
BENTON…WASHINGTON…FRANKLIN…SEBASTIAN…
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.