HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
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ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
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OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
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THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE…THROUGH TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
ICE ACCUMULATION.
RISK…LIMITED.
AREA…EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET…LATE EVENING.
DISCUSSION…
AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM THAT WILL BEGIN TO DIVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY LIGHT DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES…SOME
LIGHT SLEET AND OR SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AS WELL. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT BUT COULD
FURTHER AGGRAVATE TRAVEL ISSUES.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL…DANGEROUS WIND
CHILL POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY…DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION…
POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE ACROSS PARTS OF
THE AREA SUNDAY…WITH BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40…PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
START SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW BY AFTERNOON.
FURTHER SOUTH…AFTER STARTING WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY
MORNING…LIGHT SNOW AND SOME SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON.
AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT…1 TO 2
INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WITH
SPOTTY…LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. SOME LIGHT ICING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SUNDAY MORNING.
A MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS LIKELY TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE
AREA LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL AND SIGNIFICANTLY
COLDER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME WITH
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS LIKELY DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PARTS OF
NEXT WEEK. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM…VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT…
FORECASTS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY AS CHANGES TO THE
EXPECTED LOCATION AND DEGREE OF WINTER WEATHER ARE FURTHER REFINED
WITH THE MID WEEK STORM.