NWS Tulsa: Winter Storm Warning update at 4:32PM

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
432 PM CST FRI JAN 29 2010

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432 PM 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…
 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT
   SNOW AND FLURRIES BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.

 * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR NORTH OF
   INTERSTATE 40 WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.
   LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SNOW
   BANDS…MAINLY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

IMPACTS…
 * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN OR BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
   POWER OUTAGES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
   OKFUSKEE…PITTSBURG…HASKELL…LATIMER…LEFLORE…CARROLL…
   MADISON…FRANKLIN…

*  COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED…
   OSAGE…WASHINGTON…NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…
   PAWNEE…TULSA… ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…CREEK…
   OKMULGEE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE… ADAIR…MUSKOGEE…
   MCINTOSH…SEQUOYAH… BENTON…WASHINGTON…CRAWFORD…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.

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