URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1110 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011
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BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
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-
1110 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
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…
* MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO
EASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT…AND CONTINUE EAST INTO
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY. A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME.
HEAVY WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY…
BEFORE ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MILES AN HOUR
OR HIGHER.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE RANGING FROM AN INCH OR
TWO ON THE TAIL END OF THE STORM SOUTHEAST…UP 18 INCHES OR SO
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SLEET MAY ALSO BE HEAVY OVER A LARGE
SWATH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BETWEEN THE HEAVY
SNOW NORTHWEST AND MUST LESS SNOW SOUTHEAST. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND 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.