URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
336 AM CST THU JAN 7 2010
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336 AM CST THU JAN 7 2010
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AND A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH AND
MUSKOGEE. IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…CRAWFORD…
BENTON…CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST THIS
MORNING BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH
OVERNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TODAY
AND FRIDAY AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
* A DUSTING OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 10 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING…FALLING TO 15 BELOW ZERO FRIDAY
MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* SEVERAL ROADS IN THE ADVISORY ARE SLICK IN SPOTS…ESPECIALLY
ON BRIDGES…OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
OSAGE…WASHINGTON…NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…PAWNEE…MAYES…
DELAWARE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…MUSKOGEE AND MCINTOSH…COUNTIES
WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED…OKMULGEE…
COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED…TULSA…
ROGERS…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…ADAIR…SEQUOYAH…PITTSBURG…
HASKELL…LATIMER…LEFLORE…BENTON…WASHINGTON…CRAWFORD…
FRANKLIN AND SEBASTIAN.
* FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN.
* UNPROTECTED WATER PIPES MAY FREEZE AND BURST IN THE UPCOMING DAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED
ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. AS AN EXTRA PRECAUTION TAKE
A WINTER STORM KIT WITH EXTRA BLANKETS AND JUMPER CABLES.
* IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE…REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF
CLOTHES WILL KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. A HAT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT AS HALF YOUR BODY HEAT LOSS CAN BE FROM THE HEAD.
* 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.