Freezing rain advisory issued for the Tulsa area

The National Weather Service has issued a Freezing Rain Advisory for the Tulsa area, in effect from midnight tonight until noon on Friday and again beginning at 6pm on Friday until noon on Saturday.

 

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
933 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017

OKZ057-058-060-061-064-065-131200-
/O.CON.KTSA.ZR.Y.0001.170113T0600Z-170113T1800Z/
/O.CON.KTSA.ZR.Y.0002.170114T0000Z-170114T1800Z/
CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…VINITA…MIAMI…TULSA…CLAREMORE…
SAPULPA…OKEMAH
933 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017

…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY…
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO
NOON CST SATURDAY…

* AFFECTED AREA…IN OKLAHOMA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…TULSA…
ROGERS…OKFUSKEE AND CREEK COUNTIES.

* TIMING…LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…AND AGAIN
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM
TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE UP TO A TENTH
OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT…ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN ON ELEVATED SURFACES
INCLUDING TREES AND POWER LINES. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS…ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES…RESULTING
IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF THE FREEZING LINE SHIFTS FARTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED
…HIGHER ICE AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE
44 CORRIDOR. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECAST AS ICE AMOUNTS CONTINUE TO BE REFINED.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED. ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION…
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

 

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