URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
727 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
727 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY…
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDER HAS DEVELOPED
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR NOWATA SOUTH TO THE TULSA AREA…
SOUTH TO THE MUSKOGEE AREA. THIS BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW WAS
PRODUCING UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. FREEZING RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW
IS OCCURRING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
SNOWFALL REPORTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE TULSA AREA AT 7 PM CST.
THE SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS….
A BROAD ZONE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING WITH A SWATH OF 7 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA…MOSTLY LIKELY NEAR A LINE FROM AROUND OKEMAH
TO THE NORTHEAST TIP OF OKLAHOMA. EVEN MORE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE CONVECTIVE BANDS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
* WIND GUSTS…
GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME
MINOR WIND DAMAGE WILL OCCUR WITH THE GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES.
* VISIBILITY…
THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST
SNOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW…
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN THE
HEAVIEST SNOW AREA SOME RURAL EAST-WEST ROADS COULD DRIFT SHUT. DRIFTING
SNOW WILL PRODUCE DRIFTS OF ONE TO THREE FEET…MAYBE MORE IN HIGH
SNOWFALL AREAS.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED
SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. POWER
INTERRUPTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF COWETA AND
BROKEN ARROW.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…DELAWARE…PITTSBURG…COUNTIES WHERE
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED…OSAGE…WASHINGTON…
PAWNEE…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…CHEROKEE…MUSKOGEE…MCINTOSH…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.