URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
901 PM CST MON DEC 28 2009
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY… 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…
* A SYSTEM MOVING FROM WEST TEXAS WILL BRING SNOW TO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY EVENING IN SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD QUICKLY NORTHEAST. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BEFORE NOON WEDNESDAY.
* FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. TERRAIN IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ABOVE 15 HUNDRED FEET WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO REACH THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS… ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING TUESDAY NIGHT. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS AND EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.
* 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.
DEFINITION… * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.