HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
744 AM CST SUN FEB 6 2011
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744 AM CST SUN FEB 6 2011
…WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY…
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK…LIMITED.
AREA…SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET…THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN LATER PERIODS.
ICE ACCUMULATION.
RISK…LIMITED.
AREA…NEAR I-40 IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ONSET…ONGOING…ENDING BY 10 AM.
DISCUSSION…
AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES
ARE NEAR FREEZING ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA…
THUS SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER
TODAY. BY EARLY THIS EVENING…TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL GET COLD
ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES
TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY…NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL…DANGEROUS WIND
CHILL POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY…DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY…NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION…
ANOTHER FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT BETWEEN
5 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS EASTERN OK AND NORTHWEST
AR BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING.
AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM WITH STRONG WINDS DURING
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY DROPPING WIND CHILLS INTO THE ZERO TO 10
BELOW RANGE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AROUND 10 BELOW THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY MORNINGS…HOWEVER WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND THIS SHOULD
MITIGATE THE THREAT SOME.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT…
PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY
AND POSSIBLY LINGERING THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION EARLY THIS WEEK.
