WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 446 PM CST FRI DEC 25 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...ADAIR...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...
SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL.
* IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA TONIGHT. EITHER SLEET OR SNOW WAS OCCURRING IN
EASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GROVE...TO
TAHLEQUAH TO JUST WEST OF WILBURTON. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND
BECOME ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL END IN ALL AREA FROM SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...
FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE
FROM AROUND LAKE EUFALA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY IN WESTERN
ARKANSAS INTO THE HUGO AREA.
* WIND GUSTS...
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN MOST OF THE WARNING
AREA.
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
AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
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