URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010
OKZ054>067-202130-
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OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…PAWHUSKA…BARTLESVILLE…NOWATA…
VINITA…MIAMI…PAWNEE…TULSA…CLAREMORE…PRYOR…JAY…
BRISTOW…OKEMAH…OKMULGEE…WAGONER
500 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010
….WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…TULSA…ROGERS…
MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…WAGONER…WASHINGTON…
OSAGE…CRAIG AND NOWATA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* A MIXTURE OF RAIN…FREEZING RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW TODAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE IT TAPERS
OFF DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WARNING AREA…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY
IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
IMPACTS…
* 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.