WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 355 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6
AM CST FRIDAY...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA...
WASHINGTON...OSAGE AND PAWNEE.
* THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS OSAGE
AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. THE CHANGE OVER WILL TAKE PLACE BY MIDDAY
AS FAR EAST AS THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR. HEAVY SNOW IS THEN
LIKELY INTO THE EVENING.
* FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 AM
THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS.
* VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY
FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
* 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 STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
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