URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
338 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
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BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-
338 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6
AM CST TUESDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…WAGONER…TULSA…
ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…CRAIG AND OTTAWA. IN ARKANSAS…
WASHINGTON…MADISON…BENTON AND CARROLL.
* THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN SUNDAY BUT COULD BECOME A
MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
THE RAIN AND SNOW COULD CHANGE BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES
DURING THE NIGHT BUT EVENTUALLY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON MONDAY.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
THE SNOW TAPERING OFF TO SNOW FLURRIES LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 AM
MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
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.
* 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.