HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 652 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE REGION TONIGHT...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
ICE ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
ONGOING BLIZZARD AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEING REPORTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THIS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS WHERE SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS
EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO AROUND
40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPPER OFF FROM THE WEST LATE
TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THE
CONVECTIVE BANDS OF SNOW IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE CONVECTIVE BANDS
HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING VERY HIGH SNOWFALL RATES...AT TIMES
AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN FAR EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES. SOME LIMITED ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE TO AROUND A TENTH OF
AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TURNS OVER TO SNOW.
WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF A MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO
ROGERS ARKANSAS LINE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
LIKELY IN THIS AREA AND SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE EVEN MORE.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY ALONG WITH A
FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA BORDER. WIND CHILL
VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW AND OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED
ON FRIDAY. COLD AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW ARRIVING BY TUESDAY.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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