Significant Weather Alert issued for Tulsa County

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
502 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009

OKZ060-300000-
TULSA OK-
502 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY…

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     TULSA

AT 5 PM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES WEST OF SAND SPRINGS TO 2
MILES EAST OF LIBERTY…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS SNOW WILL TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TULSA
COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR…AND MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
TULSA COUNTY AFTER 5:30 PM.  A PERIOD OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL
IMPACT THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR…ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL INCREASE IN
SLICK SPOTS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ADDITIONAL DELAYS DURING THE AFTERNOON
RUSH HOUR AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS IN VICINITY OF BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

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