BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 911 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST AFTER LEAVING
VERY HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SO FAR
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS REPORTED HAVE BEEN WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF
TULSA WHERE SNOW OF OVER ONE FOOT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN
PAWNEE COUNTY. AMOUNTS IN THE TULSA METRO AREA HAVE BEEN IN THE
4 TO 8 INCH RANGE. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE STILL
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN
SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SOME DRIFTS OF 2 TO
3 FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED
THE SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS....
A BROAD ZONE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING WITH A SWATH OF 8 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED
AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WIND GUSTS...
GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME MINOR WIND
DAMAGE WILL OCCUR WITH THE GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT
IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES.
* VISIBILITY...
THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST
SNOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREA SOME RURAL
EAST-WEST ROADS COULD DRIFT SHUT. DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DRIFTS
OF ONE TO THREE FEET...MAYBE MORE IN HIGH SNOWFALL AREAS.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED
SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...
CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...DELAWARE...
LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...WASHINGTON...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...
PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
* 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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