The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Tulsa area on Christmas Day. 2 to 4 inches of snow in the Tulsa metro is likely on Christmas Day. Areas southeast of Tulsa could receive 7 inches of snow.
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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
407 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012
…SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS
DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT…
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
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407 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CREEK…WAGONER AND TULSA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN…MIXING WITH
SLEET…ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST CHRISTMAS EVENING.
* SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY
CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS MAKING
TRAVEL DIFFICULT. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
DEFINITION…
* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* MAKE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THIS REGION WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT
AT THE VERY LEAST DELAYS WILL OCCUR AND IN SOME CASES ROADS
COULD BE CLOSED.
* MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD…WATER AND THE
NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER
STORM.
* 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.