SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
451 AM CST WED NOV 24 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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROGERS…BENTONVILLE…BERRYVILLE…
EUREKA SPRINGS…FAYETTEVILLE…SPRINGDALE…HUNTSVILLE…
VAN BUREN…OZARK…CHARLESTON…FORT SMITH…ANTLERS…CLAYTON…
HUGO…PAWHUSKA…BARTLESVILLE…NOWATA…VINITA…MIAMI…
PAWNEE…TULSA…CLAREMORE…PRYOR…JAY…BRISTOW…OKEMAH…
OKMULGEE…WAGONER…TAHLEQUAH…STILWELL…MUSKOGEE…EUFAULA…
SALLISAW…MCALESTER…STIGLER…WILBURTON…POTEAU
451 AM CST WED NOV 24 2010
…UNSEASONABLY COLD WINTRY WEATHER ON THE WAY…
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO FAR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS FAR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AROUND DAYBREAK
THANKSGIVING MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL ABRUPTLY END THE WARM
WEATHER THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AS OF LATE AS IT PASSES THROUGH
THE REGION.
BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS
TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALL FROM THE 60S AND LOWER 70S AHEAD OF THE
FRONT THROUGH THE 40S BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. ALTHOUGH MOST
OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE EAST OF THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT
THAT TIME…THERE WILL LIKELY BE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OR
A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM
WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. AT THIS
TIME…A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES APPEARS
QUITE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THANKSGIVING MORNING.
GIVEN THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THAT WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED…LITTLE TO NO IMPACT TO ROAD SURFACES IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY EXPERIENCE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SLEET LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING BUT LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOME 35 TO 40 DEGREES COLDER ACROSS MUCH OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY THAN WHAT WE
WILL EXPERIENCE TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO WARM OUT OF
THE 30S. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE 20S OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA DURING THE DAY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR
ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING AS THE WIND DECREASES…ALLOWING
READINGS TO FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ALONG THE KANSAS AND
MISSOURI BORDERS TO THE MID 20S IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
MODERATING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.