URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
846 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
PUSHMATAHA…CHOCTAW…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…
PITTSBURG…SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE…LATIMER
AND HASKELL.
* IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…CRAWFORD…BENTON…
SEBASTIAN…CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS OSAGE…
PAWNEE AND FAR NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTY BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM AS
SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING IN MUCH OF THIS AREA.
ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
* RAIN WILL TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS
THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WIND WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR CONCERN WITH
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS MORNING WEST OF A BARTLESVILLE TO OIL TON LINE. OTHER LIGHT
ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH OF A TULSA TO FORT SMITH LINE.
* AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE WARNED AREA. WITHIN THIS AREA A SWATH OF 6 TO 10 INCH
TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE…MOST LIKELY IMPACTING PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
* 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.