WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 239 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 PM CST SUNDAY...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CRAIG...
NOWATA...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND
OSAGE.
* IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...WASHINGTON...CARROLL AND
MADISON.
* THIS IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PAWHUSKA...TULSA...
TAHLEQUAH IN OKLAHOMA...TO FAYETTEVILLE AND HUNTSVILLE IN
ARKANSAS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS THIS EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA FROM THE
NORTH DURING THE EVENING AND REACH NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 PM CST SUNDAY IN THE ADVISORY AREA WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS...UP TO NEAR 1 INCH...SOUTH OF THIS AREA. ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH TWO TO
THREE INCHES OF SNOW IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO TAPPER OFF FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED
ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.
* 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.
DEFINITION...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTERY PRECIPITATION MAY
ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.
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