URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
Issued 318 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY…FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…PAWNEE… OTTAWA…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES AND DELAWARE. IN ARKANSAS… BENTON AND CARROLL.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY LATE EVENING. AREAS OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT…MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AROUND MID DAY SUNDAY.
* 1 TO 3 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS…PRIMARILY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA…KANSAS BORDER. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS… ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
DEFINITION…
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.