URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
340 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>064-067>069-262100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FZ.A.0001.110327T0600Z-110327T1400Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-
340 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
…FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH…
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…OTTAWA…PAWNEE…DELAWARE…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…
CRAIG…NOWATA…CREEK…WASHINGTON…WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…
MAYES AND OSAGE.
IN ARKANSAS…BENTON…WASHINGTON…CARROLL AND MADISON.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY DIP TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING
BY SUNDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL PLANTS AND AND OTHER TENDER
VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED.
DEFINITION…
* A FREEZE WATCH MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* OUTDOOR WATER PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED…DRAINED…OR ALLOWED TO
RUN IN A SLOW STEADY STREAM. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN TO
PROTECT SMALL PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION.