URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1004 AM CST FRI JAN 29 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-
1004 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT…
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…
* THE TRANSITION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO SNOW IS
TAKING PLACE GENERALLY NORTH OF A FAYETTEVILLE TO BRISTOW
LINE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. A TRANSITION FROM RAIN
TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN EVENTUAL TRANSITION TO
SNOW BY THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS…NORTH OF
A FAYETTEVILLE TO OKEMAH LINE. LESSER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-TENTH TO ONE-QUARTER OF
AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL
ARKANSAS BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TAKES PLACE.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
COULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THE ALREADY
ICE COVERED POWER LINES.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
OKFUSKEE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CARROLL…MADISON…
SEBASTIAN…
COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE
REPORTED…OSAGE…WASHINGTON…NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…
PAWNEE…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…CREEK…OKMULGEE…
BENTON…WASHINGTON…CRAWFORD…
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.