URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
334 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011
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334 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…PITTSBURG…SEQUOYAH…
MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS…
WASHINGTON…MADISON…CRAWFORD…BENTON… SEBASTIAN…CARROLL
AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY BRINGING A ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… SPREADING
SOUTH AND EASTWARD THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT… AND INTO THE DAY
THURSDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET MAY BE EXPERIENCED
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT… BUT RAPIDLY COOLING
TEMPERATURES ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW FOR A QUICK CHANGEOVER TO ALL
SNOW. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY EXIT TO THE EAST BY
THURSDAY EVENING.
* UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND LESS THAN A
TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 PM
WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS…
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
DEFINITION…
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY
ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED
ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.
* 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.