URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
321 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011
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321 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 PM CST
WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY
TO 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY…
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.
* THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* A POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO ALL OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEST OF TULSA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON…AND SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW…HEAVY
AT TIMES…WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15
MILES AN HOUR…OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 25 MILES AN HOUR…WILL
CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
* FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 PM
TUESDAY TO 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
ARE LIKELY 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…
* CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE
SUPPLY OF FOOD…WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST
THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM.
* 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.