URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1152 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
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1152 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT…
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CREEK…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…
PAWNEE…OTTAWA…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG AND NOWATA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW…ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS
OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR…WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY…WITH
STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 14 TO 22 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE STRONG
WINDS WILL PRODUCE SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET.
* WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON DURING THE
AFTERNOON…WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES PRODUCING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES.
THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE.
* COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED…
PUSHMATAHA…CHOCTAW…OSAGE…WASHINGTON…NOWATA…CRAIG…
OTTAWA…PAWNEE…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…CREEK…
OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…MUSKOGEE…
MCINTOSH…SEQUOYAH…PITTSBURG…HASKELL…LATIMER…LEFLORE…
CARROLL…MADISON…BENTON…WASHINGTON…CRAWFORD…SEBASTIAN…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
* 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.