URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
438 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-092200-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/
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-
438 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING…
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…
* MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF
HEAVY SNOW HAS DROPPED HEAVY SNOW OVER FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST
WITH TIME. MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE IN FROM THE
WEST AS A STRONG UPPER STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS. THE WINDS ARE
PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BY THIS AFTERNOON
FROM WEST TO EAST.
* 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS.
AREAS FROM PAWHUSKA TO BARTLESVILLE TO JAY TO SILOAM SPRINGS TO
FAYETTEVILLE WILL PICK UP BETWEEN 12 AND 16 INCHES BENEATH A
NEARLY STATIONARY HEAVY SNOW BAND.
* DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW WILL BE COMMON.
WEAR PROPER CLOTHING TO PROTECT THE SKIN FROM FROSTBITE.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS
FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE SOME VERY
HEAVY SNOW HAS FALLEN. IN ADDITION…STIFF NORTH WINDS WILL
CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW…CREATING NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
WASHINGTON…NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…
DELAWARE…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…
ADAIR…MUSKOGEE…MCINTOSH…SEQUOYAH…PITTSBURG…HASKELL…
LATIMER…LEFLORE…BENTON…WASHINGTON…CRAWFORD…SEBASTIAN…
COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED…OSAGE…
PAWNEE…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
* 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.