The National Weather Service has issued an Ice Storm Warning for the Tulsa area, in effect until 2pm today. Best advice is to stay home until this stuff thaws out.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
715 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2017
…ICE STORM CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING…
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OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MIAMI…TULSA…CLAREMORE…SAPULPA
715 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2017
…ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
AFFECTED AREA…THE I-44 CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
* TIMING…ONGOING THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM
ABOVE FREEZING BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL END THE RISK FOR
ADDITIONAL ICING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACT…ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN ON ELEVATED
SURFACES INCLUDING TREES AND POWER LINES. SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES…
RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.