WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1050 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...OTTAWA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...
SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL.
* IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS
THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WIND WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR CONCERN WITH
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN AREA NORTH OF A
TULSA TO FORT SMITH LINE THIS AFTERNOON.
* LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH OF A TULSA TO FORT SMITH
LINE.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH
OF THE WARNING AREA BY TONIGHT. A HEAVIER BAND OF SNOWFALL WITH
8 TO 10 INCH ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE
TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER TO THE SOUTH OF A
MCALESTER TO FORT SMITH LINE.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS.
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.
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