URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
242 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010
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OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
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242 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY
TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…TULSA…
ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…
NOWATA…PAWNEE AND OTTAWA.
* THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH
OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WARNING AREA…WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES
POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS * ROADS…BRIDGES…AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS.
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
DEFINITION…
* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
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.