URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
451 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
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PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-
451 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT…
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
THURSDAY AND A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CREEK…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE AND
PAWNEE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.
* WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
* IN ADDITION…BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
* WIND GUST VALUES OF UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR THIS EVENING WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
* LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT…HOWEVER BLOWING
SNOW WILL WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT ACROSS…AND CLOSE MANY ROADS.
IMPACTS…
* FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN.
* TRAVEL HAS BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW…AND MANY
ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE.
DEFINITION…
* A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* PREPARE FOR THE COLD BY WEARING MULTIPLE LAYERS OF WARM CLOTHES
AND LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
* STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
* STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. DO NOT TRAVEL.