URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 231 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013
OKZ060>062-064-067-068-130445- /O.EXA.KTSA.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130113T1000Z/ TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- 231 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… * IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…CREEK…WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS AND MAYES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN…MIXED WITH SLEET CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA…GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN PAWNEE…OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WINTRY MIX SHIFTING SOUTHEAST TO INTERSTATE 44 BY EARLY EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION MAINLY TO A SNOW…SLEET MIXTURE…ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF TULSA.
RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA…SPREADING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH LINGERING LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES…PRIMARILY OVER PAWNEE …OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND ALONG THE OKLAHOMA…KANSAS STATE LINE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS…GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 412.
DEFINITION… * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.