URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1131 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011
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1131 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PUSHMATAHA…
CHOCTAW…PITTSBURG…SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE
FLORE…LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…
MADISON…CRAWFORD…BENTON… SEBASTIAN…CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN
EFFECT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AREAS OF MODERATE SNOW WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SNOW BANDS WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS…BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNING AREA. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 4
TO 5 INCHES AND COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH THIS AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS…BRIDGES…AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL
REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
CHOCTAW…OSAGE…PAWNEE…FRANKLIN…COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED…PUSHMATAHA…WASHINGTON…
NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…
CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…
MUSKOGEE…MCINTOSH…SEQUOYAH…PITTSBURG…HASKELL…LATIMER…
LEFLORE…CARROLL…MADISON…BENTON…WASHINGTON…CRAWFORD…
SEBASTIAN…
DEFINITION…
* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING.
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.