Alert archive / Oklahoma / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this winter storm warning at Nov 29, 2006, 4:06 AM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Nov 29, 2006, 6:27 PM CST. It was in force for 33 hr. 46 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2006, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2006, 6:27 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2006, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
All 26 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Bristow, OK | 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET ON TOP OF MODERATE ICE GLAZE |
| Nov 30, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Bartlesville, OK | 2 INCHES OF HEAVY SLEET ON TOP OF MODERATE GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 12:06 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Commerce, OK | |
| Nov 30, 12:11 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Muskogee, OK | 1 INCH SLEET ON TOP OF LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 1:18 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Claremore, OK | 2 INCHES OF HEAVY SLEET ON TOP OF LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 1:24 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Vinita, OK | 1 INCH SLEET ON TOP OF LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Nowata, OK | 2 INCHES OF HEAVY SLEET ON TOP OF MODERATE GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 1:35 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Okfuskee, OK | 1 INCH HEAVY SLEET ON TOP OF LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 1:38 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Okmulgee, OK | 1 INCH OF HEAVY SLEET ON TOP OF LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 1:43 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Pawnee, OK | 1 INCH SLEET ON TOP OF MODERATE ICE GLAZE |
| Nov 30, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Tulsa, OK | 1 INCH OF HEAVY SLEET ON TOP OF LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Wagoner, OK | 1 INCH OF SLEET ON TOP OF LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 0.25 | Eufaula, OK | |
| Nov 30, 3:54 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Bristow, OK | |
| Nov 30, 7:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 N Bartlesville, OK | |
| Nov 30, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Copan, OK | |
| Nov 30, 9:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 Nne Broken Arrow, OK | |
| Nov 30, 9:31 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 15 W Tulsa, OK | LAW ENFORCEMENT CLOSING CIMMIRON TURNPIKE TO TRAFFIC DUE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. NATIONAL GUARD WORKING WEST FROM TULSA ENTRANCE WESTWARD SEARCHING FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS |
| Nov 30, 9:39 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 15 S Bartlesville, OK | HIGHWAY 75 SOUTH OF BARTLESVILLE VISIBILITY VERY LOW...10 FEET...IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ESTIMATED 7 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Mcalester, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Bentonville, AR | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Eureka Springs, AR | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Stilwell, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Webbers Falls, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Eufaula, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Huntsville, AR | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Stigler, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Okemah, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Salina, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Jay, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 7 Sw Adair, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Pryor, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Bixby, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Afton, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Oilton, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Owasso, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Tulsa, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Vinita, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Welch, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Bristow, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Miami, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Nowata, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Pawnee, OK | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Bartlesville, OK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KTSA 291006 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 406 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT... ARZ001-OKZ054>071-073-291815- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0002.061130T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WS.W.0002.061130T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA- ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...MCALESTER 406 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON. IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHARPLY COLDER AIR TO THE AREA TODAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...THEN EVENTUALLY TO SLEET AND SNOW BY THURSDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST U.S. ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HOWEVER THE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS BEFORE ANY SNOW OCCURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072-074>076-291815- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0002.061130T1200Z-061201T0900Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...VAN BUREN...OZARK... CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...SALLISAW... STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 406 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHARPLY COLDER AIR TO THE AREA TODAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY TO SLEET AND SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST U.S. ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS BUT GREATER ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW OR A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. ALSO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM. $$
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KTSA 291835 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1235 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 OKZ054>056-059-300245- /O.EXT.KTSA.WS.W.0002.061129T1835Z-061201T0900Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... PAWNEE 1235 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...AND PAWNEE. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT THROUGH EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND TEMPERATURES WERE FALLING RAPIDLY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THE COLD FRONT WERE SPREADING NORTH INTO THE COLD AIR. WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING IN NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY THE ICE GLAZE WILL ONLY AFFECTED ELEVATED OBJECTS...BUT AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW 29 DEGREES THE ICE WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE GROUND AND ROADWAYS. FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS...BURSTS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD BE ENOUGH TO DOWN UTILITY LINES IN NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE ICING CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EXPAND ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. AS THE COLDER AIR DEEPENS THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW ON THURSDAY...WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. INCREASING NORTH WINDS THURSDAY WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY. PREPRARATIONS FOR THIS NOW DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. THIS INCLUDES ENSURING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS LIKE MEDICATIONS AND BABY SUPPLIES AND BEING READY FOR POSSIBLE POWER INTERUPTIONS. $$ ARZ001-OKZ057-058-060>071-073-300245- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.061130T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...VINITA...MIAMI... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...MCALESTER 1235 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON. IN OKLAHOMA... CRAIG...OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE... MCINTOSH...AND PITTSBURG. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WAS SPREADING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING RAPIDLY AS THE WIND SHIFTS TO THE NORTH. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND EXPANDING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL BELOW FREEZING WHILE THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST WHILE THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE GOES BELOW FREEZING AND THIS COULD CAUSE DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. INITIALLY THE ICE GLAZE WILL AFFECT ONLY ELEVATED OBJECTS...BUT AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW 29 DEGREES THE GROUND AND ROAD SURFACES WILL ALSO SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ON THURSDAY...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HENRYETTA OKLAHOMA TO SPRINGDALE ARKANSAS WITH A ZONE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING TULSA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. TRAVEL COULD BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WINDS INCREASE AND CASUE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PREPRARATIONS FOR THIS NOW DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. THIS INCLUDES ENSURING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS LIKE MEDICATIONS AND BABY SUPPLIES AND BEING READY FOR POSSIBLE POWER INTERUPTIONS. $$ ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072-074>076-300245- /O.EXT.KTSA.WS.A.0002.061130T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...VAN BUREN...OZARK... CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...SALLISAW... STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 1235 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LATIMER... AND LE FLORE. VERY COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT...WITH A SWITCH TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. A MIX OF FREEEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ON THURSDAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THIS WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IN ALL AREAS LATER TODAY. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM EVENT. THIS INCLUDES CHECKING VEHICLES ARE READY FOR WINTER CONDITIONS AND ENSURRING ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF VITAL ITEMS LIKE MEDICATIONS AND BABY SUPPLIES ARE ON HAND. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 292223 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 423 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072-074>076-301000- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0002.061130T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KTSA.WS.W.0002.061129T2223Z-061201T0900Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...VAN BUREN...OZARK... CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...SALLISAW... STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 423 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LATIMER... AND LE FLORE. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH ALL OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS GOING BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA INTO THURSDAY AND AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL THE RAIN WILL BECOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS COULD FALL THURSDAY WITH ICE GLAZE OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE. IF THESE AMOUNTS DEVELOP AS EXPECTED... SOME UTILITY LINES AND TREES MAY BE DAMAGED. INITIALLY THE ICING WILL START ON ELEVATED SURFACES DUE TO THE WARM GROUND...BUT AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW 29 DEGREES ICING WILL START ON THE GROUND AND ROAD SURFACES. LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT THE ICE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF THE ICE ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND FOUR INCHES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO NEAR AN INCH IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE IS READY FOR THE WINTER WEATHER...CHECK TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE BATTERY POWERED DEVICES ON HAND...AND SEE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICINES AND BABY SUPPLIES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. $$ ARZ001-OKZ054>071-073-301000- /O.EXT.KTSA.WS.W.0002.061129T2223Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA- ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...MCALESTER 423 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO STRIKE THE AREA... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON. IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...AND PITTSBURG. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT...ENOUGH TO BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN UTILITY LINES...AS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST AND TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. WHILE INITIALLY THE GLAZE OF ICE WILL OCCUR ON ELEVATED OBJECTS...AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW 29 DEGREES THE ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES AND THE GROUND. ICE GLAZE OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR ONE INCH POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IF THESE AMOUNTS DEVELOP...POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR...TREES WILL BE DAMAGED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. AFTER SOME SLOW-DOWN OF THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL TOMORROW EVENING. THIS COMBINATION OF HEAVY ICE AND SNOW DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY AS GUSTY WINDS LATE TOMORROW CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED OR RUSHED TO COMPLETION IMMEDIATELY. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBLY FOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICATIONS IN CASE YOU CAN NOT TRAVEL EASILY FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IF YOU DO LOSE POWER...USE ONLY APPROVED INDOOR HEATING DEVICES TO AVOID THE THREAT OF FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 300028 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 627 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072-074>076-301215- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KTSA.WS.W.0002.061130T0027Z-061201T0900Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...VAN BUREN...OZARK... CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...SALLISAW... STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 627 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LATIMER... AND LE FLORE. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH ALL OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS GOING BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA INTO THURSDAY AND AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL THE RAIN WILL BECOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS COULD FALL THURSDAY WITH ICE GLAZE OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE. IF THESE AMOUNTS DEVELOP AS EXPECTED... SOME UTILITY LINES AND TREES MAY BE DAMAGED. INITIALLY THE ICING WILL START ON ELEVATED SURFACES DUE TO THE WARM GROUND...BUT AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW 29 DEGREES ICING WILL START ON THE GROUND AND ROAD SURFACES. LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT THE ICE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF THE ICE ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND FOUR INCHES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO NEAR AN INCH IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE IS READY FOR THE WINTER WEATHER...CHECK TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE BATTERY POWERED DEVICES ON HAND...AND SEE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICINES AND BABY SUPPLIES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. $$ ARZ001-OKZ054>071-073-301215- /O.EXT.KTSA.WS.W.0002.061130T0027Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA- ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...MCALESTER 627 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO STRIKE THE AREA... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON. IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...AND PITTSBURG. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT...ENOUGH TO BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN UTILITY LINES...AS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST AND TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. WHILE INITIALLY THE GLAZE OF ICE WILL OCCUR ON ELEVATED OBJECTS...AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW 29 DEGREES THE ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES AND THE GROUND. ICE GLAZE OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR ONE INCH POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IF THESE AMOUNTS DEVELOP...POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR...TREES WILL BE DAMAGED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. AFTER SOME SLOW-DOWN OF THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL TOMORROW EVENING. THIS COMBINATION OF HEAVY ICE AND SNOW DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY AS GUSTY WINDS LATE TOMORROW CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED OR RUSHED TO COMPLETION IMMEDIATELY. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBLY FOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICATIONS IN CASE YOU CAN NOT TRAVEL EASILY FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IF YOU DO LOSE POWER...USE ONLY APPROVED INDOOR HEATING DEVICES TO AVOID THE THREAT OF FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 300353 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 953 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301200- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI... PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 953 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE... MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. WINTRY WEATHER HAS COMMENCED WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE AREA ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT...ENOUGH TO BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN UTILITY LINES...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR ONE INCH POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IF THESE AMOUNTS DEVELOP...POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR...TREES WILL BE DAMAGED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. AFTER SOME SLOW-DOWN OF THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL THURSDAY EVENING. THIS COMBINATION OF HEAVY ICE AND SNOW DURING THE NEXT 30 HOURS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY AS GUSTY WINDS LATE TOMORROW CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBLY FOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICATIONS IN CASE YOU CAN NOT TRAVEL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IF YOU DO LOSE POWER...USE ONLY APPROVED INDOOR HEATING DEVICES TO AVOID THE THREAT OF FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... NOWATA...TULSA...ROGERS...OKMULGEE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... WASHINGTON... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... CREEK... $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 301001 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 401 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301815- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI... PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 401 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE... MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THAT BEGAN ACROSS THE AREA LAST EVENING HAS LED TO HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. EARLY THIS MORNING TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN BELOW FREEZING GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM GROVE TO MUSKOGEE TO MCALESTER...AND THE FREEZING LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH STILL POSSIBLE. IF THESE AMOUNTS DEVELOP...POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR...TREES WILL BE DAMAGED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND GREATER WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY AS GUSTY WINDS LATER TODAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBLY FOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICATIONS IN CASE YOU CAN NOT TRAVEL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IF YOU DO LOSE POWER...USE ONLY APPROVED INDOOR HEATING DEVICES TO AVOID THE THREAT OF FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... OKFUSKEE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK...OKMULGEE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE... $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 301334 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 734 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM DEVELOPING... ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-302145- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI... PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 734 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE... MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT HAS LED TO HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN BELOW FREEZING GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM JAY TO MUSKOGEE TO MCALESTER...AND THE FREEZING LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH STILL POSSIBLE. IF THESE AMOUNTS DEVELOP...POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR...TREES WILL BE DAMAGED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND GREATER WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING HOURS WITH THE SNOW SLOWLY TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. THIS COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS AS GUSTY WINDS LATER TODAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM AND PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBLY FOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF VITAL ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICATIONS IN CASE YOU CAN NOT TRAVEL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IF YOU DO LOSE POWER...USE ONLY APPROVED INDOOR HEATING DEVICES TO AVOID THE THREAT OF FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... OKFUSKEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH AND PITTSBURG. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK AND OKMULGEE. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 301828 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1228 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 OKZ054>059-010230- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.061130T1828Z-061201T0900Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE 1228 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...AND PAWNEE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM TRACKS FROM WEST TEXAS INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. STRONG WINDS GUSTING AT TIMES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. SOME ROADS THAT RUN EAST TO WEST MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE TRAVELING IN THIS AREA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RETURN AND BE PREPARED NOT TRAVEL THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM AND PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND PROTECT THEIR HEAD TO AVOID FROST BITE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...YOU MUST CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES HIGH ENERGY SNACK FOODS...WATER AND EXTRA CLOTHING AND BLANKETS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND RUN YOUR MOTOR IN SHORT INTERVALS TO MAINTAIN SOME HEAT. BE SURE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS FREE OF SNOW TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. IT IS BEST TO KEEP CAR WINDOWS SLIGHTLY OPENED TO ALLOW A LITTLE FRESH AIR INTO THE VEHICLE. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. AT LATE MORNING...ROADS WERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN OSAGE... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...IN WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH ...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR OKLAHOMA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT... WWW.DPS.STATE.OK.US/CGI-BIN/WEATHERMAP.CGI AND FOR ARKANSAS AT... WWW.ARKANSASHIGHWAYS.COM. BY TELEPHONE YOU CAN OBTAIN OKLAHOMA INFORMATION AT... 405-425-2385 OR 888-425-2385. AND FOR ARKANSAS AT... 800-245-1672. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-060>076-010230- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 1228 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... ...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR THE TULSA AREA... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... AND SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE... CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR... MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER... AND LE FLORE. HEAVY SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR... INCLUDING THE TULSA AREA...AS WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH THE FALLING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE I-44 CORRIDOR...WITH BLOWING AND DRIVING SNOW. THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT SOME LOCATIONS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM AND PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND PROTECT THEIR HEAD TO AVOID FROST BITE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...YOU MUST CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES HIGH ENERGY SNACK FOODS...WATER AND EXTRA CLOTHING AND BLANKETS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND RUN YOUR MOTOR IN SHORT INTERVALS TO MAINTAIN SOME HEAT. BE SURE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS FREE OF SNOW TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. IT IS BEST TO KEEP CAR WINDOWS SLIGHTLY OPENED TO ALLOW A LITTLE FRESH AIR INTO THE VEHICLE. SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS WITH FINAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. AT LATE MORNING...ROADS WERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN OSAGE... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...IN WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH ...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR OKLAHOMA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT... WWW.DPS.STATE.OK.US/CGI-BIN/WEATHERMAP.CGI AND FOR ARKANSAS AT... WWW.ARKANSASHIGHWAYS.COM. BY TELEPHONE YOU CAN OBTAIN OKLAHOMA INFORMATION AT... 405-425-2385 OR 888-425-2385. AND FOR ARKANSAS AT... 800-245-1672. $$ SP/RD/GW/EJC/CS/PS/JF
000 WWUS44 KTSA 302246 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 446 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 OKZ054>059-010700- /O.CON.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE 446 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS LATE AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. NEARLY ALL AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW ALTHOUGH THERE STILL ARE SOME REPORTS OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM TRACKS FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO THE NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL BE JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE LOW THAT IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW NEAR INTERSTATE 44. STRONG WINDS ARE GUSTING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. PEOPLE TRAVELING IN THIS AREA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK SHELTER AND BE PREPARED TO SHELTER THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM AND PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND PROTECT THEIR HEAD TO AVOID FROST BITE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...YOU SHOULD CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES HIGH ENERGY SNACK FOODS...WATER AND EXTRA CLOTHING AND BLANKETS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND RUN YOUR MOTOR IN SHORT INTERVALS TO MAINTAIN SOME HEAT. BE SURE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS FREE OF SNOW TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. IT IS BEST TO KEEP CAR WINDOWS SLIGHTLY OPENED TO ALLOW A LITTLE FRESH AIR INTO THE VEHICLE. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...BENTON...WASHINGTON... WASHINGTON...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... PITTSBURG... $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-060>076-010700- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 446 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE... CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR... MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER... LE FLORE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER MOST OF ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPPER OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW FALL RATES HAVE BEEN INCREASING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 8 TO 10 PM THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE TULSA AREA...AS WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE I-44 CORRIDOR...WITH BLOWING AND DRIVING SNOW. TRAVEL ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AS DARKNESS SETTLES IN. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND PROTECT THEIR HEAD TO AVOID FROST BITE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES HIGH ENERGY SNACK FOODS...WATER AND EXTRA CLOTHING AND BLANKETS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND RUN YOUR MOTOR IN SHORT INTERVALS TO MAINTAIN SOME HEAT. BE SURE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS FREE OF SNOW TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. IT IS BEST TO KEEP CAR WINDOWS SLIGHTLY OPENED TO ALLOW A LITTLE FRESH AIR INTO THE VEHICLE. THE MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS CHANGING TO ALL SNOW IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY TONIGHT AND EXPAND SOUTHWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. SNOW TOTALS OF AROUND AN INCH IN THE FORT SMITH AREA WITH AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH RANGING UP TO NEAR 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS IS EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH FINAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF UP AN INCH OR TWO EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...BENTON...WASHINGTON... WASHINGTON...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... PUSHMATAHA... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... PITTSBURG... $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 010259 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 859 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ARZ020-029-OKZ049-053-073>076-010400- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH... ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON... POTEAU 859 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI. THE REMAINING SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED OR WILL BE ENDING SHORTLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES REMAIN VERY COLD AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT BUT DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SLICK SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE STILL LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION. $$ OKZ054>059-010900- /O.CON.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE 859 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE. THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI EARLY TONIGHT EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER...VISIBILITY REMAINS VERY LOW IN AREAS AND DRIFTING OF SNOW HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS. REPORTS AT 830 PM FROM COPAN...IN WASHINGTON COUNTY... INDICATED SOME DRIFTS AS DEEP AS 3 FEET WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TO LIMIT VISIBILITY TO A HALF OF A BLOCK. REPORTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER IN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAVE BEEN COMMON. THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH ONLY AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. BUT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EXPIRATION. VERY POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL WORKERS HAVE A CHANCE TO CLEAR ROADS ON FRIDAY. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA...LATIMER...LEFLORE...CARROLL...BENTON... BENTON...BENTON...WASHINGTON...WASHINGTON...WASHINGTON... CRAWFORD... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL... $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-OKZ060>072-010900- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW 859 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD. IN OKLAHOMA... TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH. SNOWFALL RATES ARE DIMINISHING OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AROUND ONE INCH IS EXPECT AS THE SNOW ENDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. DUE TO VERY POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS...THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL IT EXPIRES AT 3 AM. BUT...VERY POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY WHEN SKIES CLEAR AND WORKERS GET A CHANCE TO CLEAR THE ROADS. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA...LATIMER...LEFLORE...CARROLL...BENTON... BENTON...BENTON...WASHINGTON...WASHINGTON...WASHINGTON... CRAWFORD... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL... $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 010850 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 250 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 OKZ054>059-011000- /O.EXP.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE 250 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE. SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE OVER FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS THE ASSOCIATED STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS EASTWARD. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MAKING ROADWAYS DANGEROUS...WITH INTERSTATE 44 CURRENTLY BLOCKED AT MILE MARKER 258 NEAR CLAREMORE...AND MILE MARKER 295 NEAR AFTON. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND TRAVEL REMAINS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-OKZ060>072-011000- /O.EXP.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T0900Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW 250 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD. IN OKLAHOMA... TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...AND SEQUOYAH. SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE OVER FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS THE ASSOCIATED STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS EASTWARD. SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA ...AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 44 NEAR CLAREMORE...AND NEAR AFTON... ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKED. ROADS WERE REPORTED SLICK IN SPOTS IN CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA... CARROLL...BENTON...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. TRAVEL REMAINS DISCOURAGED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 29, 3:34 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 3:34 AM CST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
334 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006
.DISCUSSION...
ARCTIC BLAST ANTICIPATED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS FINALLY ON OUR
DOORSTEP THIS MORNING. COLD FRONT WILL BE ENTERING NORTHWEST OSAGE
COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...AND WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE DAY WITH COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON INVADING THE
AREA. TIMING OF THE FRONT ABOUT AS EXPECTED...BUT JUST A BIT
FASTER/COLDER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS WITH THE COLD AIR SETTLING IN.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING TO THE
NORTH THROUGH THE NIGHT ON THE NOSE OF A 40 TO 50 KNOT LLVL
JET...AND NOW SEEING A FEW CELLS TRYING TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST OK
THEN RACE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. WILL LIKELY SEE THIS TREND
CONTINUE FOR A WHILE THIS MORNING...BUT MAIN THREAT FOR STORMS
WILL BE LATER TODAY AS STORMS BECOME ACTIVE NEAR THE FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AMS WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE BY
AFTERNOON...AND STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT WILL PROVIDE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.
FOCUS WILL THEN TURN TO WINTER WEATHER THREAT DEVELOPING BY THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. HAVE
UPGRADED THE WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING OVER THE NORTHERN
AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY...WHILE MAINTAINING A WATCH IN THE SOUTH
AND EAST. EXPECT TO SEE FREEZING PRECIP IN AREAS NORTHWEST OF I-44
AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING...WITH A SLOW PROGRESSION TO THE SOUTH
AND EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AS TEMPS FALL. DO NOT EXPECT ANY GREAT
AMOUNTS OF ICE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT COULD SEE ENOUGH TO CAUSE A
FEW HEADACHES. MODELS STILL SHOWING A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BY 12Z OR
SO IN NORTHEAST OK..WITH ZONE OF FREEZING RAIN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST. EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY AROUND
MIDDAY...AND WILL LIKELY SEE SOME 4+ INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA.
STILL TOUGH TO PINPOINT...BUT HAVE CONFINED TO NORTHEAST OK AND
NORTHWEST AR IN THE GRIDS FOR NOW.
SYSTEM SHOULD QUICKLY LIFT OUT OF THE AREA WITH PRECIP COMING TO
AN END THURSDAY NIGHT. SHOULD THEN SEE QUIET WEATHER THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST...BUT TEMPS REMAINING BELOW SEASONAL
NORMALS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 65 24 25 19 / 90 90 70 60
FSM 72 34 35 19 / 60 100 90 60
MLC 69 30 31 17 / 80 100 80 50
BVO 62 22 23 15 / 90 80 60 60
FYV 69 31 32 15 / 80 100 80 70
BYV 68 30 31 16 / 70 100 90 80
MKO 66 28 29 19 / 90 100 80 60
MIO 64 24 25 14 / 90 100 70 70
F10 67 27 28 19 / 80 90 80 50
HHW 73 34 35 20 / 60 100 80 40
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM FRIDAY FOR
OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-
OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-
OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ073.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 3 AM FRIDAY FOR OKZ049-
OKZ053-OKZ072-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
AR...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM FRIDAY FOR
ARZ001.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 3 AM FRIDAY FOR ARZ002-
ARZ010-ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...06
LONG TERM....04Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 6:39 PM CST, 9 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 639 PM CST TUE NOV 28 2006 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-291100- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 638 PM CST TUE NOV 28 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND WINTER WEATHER ARE EXPECTED... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION... WARM AND MOIST ADVECTION AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL... HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF SURFACE BASED STORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHICH WILL STAY IN THE WARM SECTOR THE LONGEST. WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK BUT IF THERE ARE SURFACE BASED STORMS A TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION BECOMING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ELSEWHERE. FREEZING RAIN IS THE MOST LIKELY BEGINNING FORM OF WINTRY WEATHER WITH SLEET AND SNOW MIXING IN AS TIME PROGRESSES. SNOW WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY FORM OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WHOLE AREA DUE TO THE EXPECTED MIX OF ICE AND SNOW. HIGH PRESSURE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH...MODERATING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY NEXT WEEK. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER WEDNEDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 27 min |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2006Winter Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.