Winter Weather Advisory for Tulsa through 6PM Saturday

I doubt it’ll amount to much, maybe a little snow; an inch or so.  At any rate, we’re under a Winter Weather Advisory for accumulating snow.  Roads could get hazardous, so make sure you check road conditions if you’re hitting the road.

2016 0108 807p warnings

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
242 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016

…ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…

.AREAS OF RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING…WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL BEGIN
WEST OF THE TULSA AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING…OVER THE REST OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT…AND FINALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.

ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>064-067>069-090445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0002.160109T0000Z-160110T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROGERS…BENTONVILLE…BERRYVILLE…
EUREKA SPRINGS…FAYETTEVILLE…SPRINGDALE…HUNTSVILLE…
PAWHUSKA…BARTLESVILLE…NOWATA…VINITA…MIAMI…PAWNEE…
TULSA…CLAREMORE…PRYOR…JAY…BRISTOW…WAGONER…TAHLEQUAH…
STILWELL
242 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST SATURDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA…IN ARKANSAS…BENTON…CARROLL…WASHINGTON…
AND MADISON COUNTIES. IN OKLAHOMA…OSAGE…WASHINGTON…
NOWATA… CRAIG…OTTAWA…PAWNEE…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…
DELAWARE… CREEK…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…AND ADAIR COUNTIES.

* TIMING…LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

* MAIN IMPACT…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES…WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATION…ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

* OTHER IMPACTS…NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 25 MPH
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTERY PRECIPITATION MAY
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

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