Temperatures are expected to fall into the mid to upper 20s overnight, prompting the NWS to issue a Freeze Warning for our area. This warning is in effect from 1:00 AM to 10:00 AM on Saturday. A Freeze Watch remains in effect until Sunday morning.
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
529 PM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012
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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-
529 PM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012
…FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY…
…FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH…
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
AND A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT…
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…
* A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED
OVER FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH TEMPERATURES
DIPPING INTO THE MID 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES
WILL BE AS COLD OR A FEW DEGREES COLDER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL PLANTS AND AND OTHER TENDER
VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED.
* THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL PLANTS 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.
* 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.