URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
947 PM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010
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BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-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-
947 PM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY…
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…CHOCTAW…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 AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TODAY
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA…MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF U.S. HIGHWAY 412. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO MOSTLY SNOW
FAR ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BUT AT
TIMES HAS BEEN MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION
HAS DIMINISHED SLIGHT DURING THE EVENING BUT IT WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE TOWARDS MIDNIGHT AND DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
THUS ANOTHER PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST DURING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED
ALONG INTERSTATE 44 IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. EVEN IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL HAS ALREADY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA…AND CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE
ELSEWHERE OVERNIGHT. SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY DUE
TO THE ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW ON POWER LINES COMBINED
WITH GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.