WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 332 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE AND OTTAWA.
* THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACES THE BLIZZARD WARNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF FAR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID-TO-LATE
MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...
AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
* GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
* COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...
PUSHMATAHA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...
PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...
SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...
WASHINGTON...SEBASTIAN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED
ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.
* 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 WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY
ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.
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