HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 503 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
...LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES LATE NEXT WEEK...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...AFTER 9 PM.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A
SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATION OF
1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON MAINLY NORTH OF A PAWHUSKA TO
TAHLEQUAH TO HUNTSVILLE LINE...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES OVER PARTS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH A GOOD PART OF SUNDAY ACROSS
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES OFF
TO THE EAST. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL POTENTIALLY BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW BY WEDNESDAY...AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
A BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS THAT WILL SETTLE OF MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY COLD
WIND CHILLS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES
POTENTIALLY COLDER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED HERE IN SEVERAL YEARS.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
PLANS NEED TO BE MADE TO PREPARE FOR A STRETCH OF UNUSUALLY COLD
TEMPERATURES DURING THE LAST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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