WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 854 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...ROGERS...MAYES...
DELAWARE...OTTAWA...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...
MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LATIMER AND HASKELL.
* IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL CHANGE SNOW ALONG THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND WILL CHANGE OVER IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY
EVENING.
* FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. 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.
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