Alert archive / Oklahoma / Ice Storm Warnings in 2007
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this ice storm warning at Jan 11, 2007, 4:06 PM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 12, 2007, 9:41 AM CST. It was in force for 66 hr. 55 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
- Jan 11, 2007, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2007, 9:41 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2007, 4:10 AM CST
- In force
- 66 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 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 1:45 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1.5 | Pawnee, OK | 1-1.5 INCHES OF SLEET REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY |
| Jan 12, 2:00 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Copan, OK | 1/2 INCH OF SLEET REPORTED |
| Jan 12, 2:27 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Vinita, OK | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF SLEET |
| Jan 12, 3:00 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Tulsa, OK | 1/2 INCH OF SLEET AT THE NWS OFFICE |
| Jan 12, 8:58 PM CST | ICE STORM | Crowder, OK | TOWN WITHOUT POWER. APPROXIMATELY 470 PERSONS AFFECTED. |
| Jan 13, 1:00 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Gravette, AR | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN ESTIMATED 1/4 INCH ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT. |
| Jan 13, 6:00 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 4 Ne Gowen, OK | 1/4 INCH OF ICE REPORTED ON TREES. |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Pryor, OK | ONE INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM CST | ICE STORM | Ketchum, OK | POWER OUTAGES, TRREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM CST | ICE STORM | Porter, OK | MEASURED 3/4 ICE ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT. LARGE OAK LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jan 13, 8:10 AM CST | ICE STORM | 10 N Tahlequah, OK | TREE LIMBS DOWN, SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. |
| Jan 13, 8:30 AM CST | ICE STORM | Claremore, OK | POWER OUTAGES,TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Jan 13, 10:50 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | Okemah, OK | |
| Jan 13, 10:53 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Okmulgee, OK | |
| Jan 13, 11:00 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | Bartlesville, OK | |
| Jan 13, 11:45 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | Lenapah, OK | |
| Jan 13, 11:45 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | Miami, OK | |
| Jan 13, 11:45 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 2 | Vinita, OK | |
| Jan 13, 12:45 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Eufaula, OK | 1.5 INCHES ICE ON TREES, NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Jan 13, 12:45 PM CST | ICE STORM | Stigler, OK | 700 RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER, TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Bartlesville, OK | 1.5 INCHES SLEET |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Bristow, OK | 0.75 INCHES SLEET |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Broken Arrow, OK | 2 INCHES SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Claremore, OK | 1.2 INCHES SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Copan, OK | 1 INCH SLEET |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Delaware, OK | 1 INCH SLEET |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Hallett, OK | 0.75 INCHES SLEET |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Leach, OK | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. BROKEN LIMBS AND SOME POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Locust Grove, OK | 1 INCH SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Miami, OK | 1 INCH SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Muskogee, OK | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ICE. MANY BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND SOME POWER LINES DOWN IN AREA. |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Ochelata, OK | 1.5 INCHES SLEET |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Okmulgee, OK | 1 TO 1.5 INCH SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Paden, OK | 2 TO 2.5 INCHES SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Ralston, OK | 2 INCHES SLEET |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Tahlequah, OK | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ICE. POWER LINES OKAY AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Tulsa, OK | 2 INCHES SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Welch, OK | 2 INCHES SLEET/ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:52 PM CST | ICE STORM | Grove, OK | MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN. MANY BROKEN TREES...POWER LINES DOWN...BROKEN POWER POLES. |
| Jan 13, 4:25 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Eufaula, OK | EM REPORTS WIDESPREAD 2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF MCINTOSH COUNTY. EM ALSO REPORTS THAT MOST OF MCINTOSH COUNTY IS WITHOUT POWER. |
| Jan 13, 4:30 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Bixby, OK | 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND BUSHES. |
| Jan 13, 4:56 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Indianola, OK | 1/2 INCH ICE AND 1/2 INCH SLEET |
| Jan 13, 4:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Mcalester, OK | 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF ICE AND SLEET |
| Jan 13, 4:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Pittsburg, OK | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ICE |
| Jan 13, 4:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Arpelar, OK | 1/2 TO 1 INCH ICE AND SLEET |
| Jan 13, 4:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Wilburton, OK | POWER LINES DOWN AND BROKEN TREE LIMBS |
| Jan 13, 4:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 2 | Whitefield, OK | 2-4 INCHES ICE ON TREES/POWER LINES. MANY BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jan 13, 5:03 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 6 W Eufaula, OK | 1-2 INCHES SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. MANY BROKEN TREES AND SOME POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jan 13, 5:11 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Eufaula, OK | 1 TO 2 INCHES OF COMBINED ICE AND SLEET. 1/2 TO 1 INCH ICE ON POWER LINES AND TREES. MANY BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. |
| Jan 13, 5:23 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Gentry, AR | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE. SOME BROKEN TREE LIMBS. |
| Jan 13, 5:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Bentonville, AR | ICE GLAZE ON TREES. ROADS JUST WET. |
| Jan 13, 9:20 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Muskogee, OK | UPDATE REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AT LEAST 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE COATING EVERYTHING ACROSS THE COUNTY. MOST TREES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED ACROSS COUNTY...PRODUCING A LOT OF DEBRIS. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. |
| Jan 14, 7:54 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Bella Vista, AR | NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN, POWER OUTAGES, 3/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. |
| Jan 14, 3:40 PM CST | ICE STORM | Tulsa, OK | POWER AND PHONE OUTAGES BEING REPORTED AT 81ST AND SHERIDAN. ESTIMATED 2000 HOMES HAVE JUST LOST POWER IN THE TULSA METRO AREA. |
| Jan 14, 3:42 PM CST | ICE STORM | Broken Arrow, OK | POWER OUTAGE REPORTED AT 111TH AND ELM. |
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 12:00Z, 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 460 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 489 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 112206 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 406 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 OKZ054>057-059-120615- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.IS.W.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...PAWNEE 406 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...PAWNEE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...PAWNEE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES BY MID DAY FRIDAY WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A COMBINATION OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE BY MID AFTERNOON ON ABOVE GROUND OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS BRIDGES WORSE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 20S FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH IS LIKELY WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL AND POSSIBLY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE AS WELL. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ058-060>075-120615- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...MIAMI... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON 406 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY IN THE WATCH AREA. THE HEAVIEST ICING WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE SEVERAL PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ANTICIPATED. ICE OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG INTERSTATE 44 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. SMALL CHANGES IN THE FORECAST COULD RESULT IN HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY MAJOR WINTER STORM. $$
17 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KTSA 120413 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1013 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 ARZ001-OKZ058-060>071-073-121215- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.IS.W.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...MIAMI...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...MCALESTER 1013 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON. IN OKLAHOMA... OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... PITTSBURG. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BY MIDDAY FRIDAY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND BY LATER FRIDAY EVENING FROM FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO NEAR MCALESTER. RAIN THAT DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING EARLIEST. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES ACROSS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AN INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM IS POSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY OF GREATER THEN 1/2 INCH. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE AMOUNTS WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED WITH LATER FORECASTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL AND POSSIBLY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE AS WELL. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ OKZ054>057-059-121215- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...PAWNEE 1013 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...PAWNEE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY FRIDAY. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN THAT DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES ACROSS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AN INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. SOME SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM IS POSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY OF GREATER THEN 1/2 INCH. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE AMOUNTS WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED WITH LATER FORECASTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL AND POSSIBLY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE AS WELL. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ ARZ002-010-011-OKZ072-074-075-121215- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...SALLISAW...STIGLER... WILBURTON 1013 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LATIMER. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY IN THE WATCH AREA AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. THE LATEST DATA SUGGESTS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF FREEZING...EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW...THROUGH SUNDAY SO PRECIPITATION MAY TRANSITION BACK AND FORTH FROM LIQUID TO FREEZING. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A SMALL CHANGE TO SLIGHTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM SO LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY MAJOR WINTER STORM. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 120941 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 341 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ARZ001-OKZ054>071-073-121745- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ 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 341 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY 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. ...MAJOR ICE STORM EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES THAT COULD LAST FOR DAYS. PREPARATIONS FOR THE ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. ROUNDS OF ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN ARE LIKELY SATURDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY TRANSITION TO SLEET NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION SHIFTS EAST SUNDAY NIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE ICE STORM. DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF POWER OUTAGES...FLASHLIGHTS WITH A GOOD SUPPLY OF BATTERIES IS RECOMMENDED. MAKE SURE VEHICLES ARE PREPARED FOR THE ICY CONDITIONS AND HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS. IF YOU DO LOSE HEAT AND POWER DURING THE STORM...DO NOT USE BURNING DEVICES THAT ARE NOT APPROVED FOR INDOOR USE. MANY PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR DIE FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. PERSONS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY IF POSSIBLE. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ002-010-011-OKZ072-074-075-121745- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...SALLISAW...STIGLER... WILBURTON 341 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LATIMER. TEMPERATURES MAY FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IF THIS OCCURS...FREEZING RAIN WOULD BE LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED LATER TODAY. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE STORM. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES...FLASHLIGHTS WITH A GOOD SUPPLY OF BATTERIES IS RECOMMENDED. PERSONS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 121541 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 941 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 OKZ072-074-075-122345- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KTSA.IS.W.0001.070112T1541Z-070115T0000Z/ SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALLISAW...STIGLER...WILBURTON 941 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...AND LATIMER. A STRONG SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES INTO OKLAHOMA AS RAIN INCREASES. TEMPERATES IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING TONIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATION BEGINNING. THE WORST IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL INITIALLY BE IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES WHERE THE COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE FIRST. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON INTO SUNDAY...WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE INTO THE WEEKEND. $$ ARZ001-OKZ054>071-073-122345- /O.EXT.KTSA.IS.W.0001.070112T1541Z-070115T0000Z/ 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 941 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY 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. ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA AS RAIN INCREASES. AT 9AM THE FREEZING LINE WAS ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR AND RAIN WAS SPREADING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE MEANS ICING CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING FROM ALONG I-44 NORTH TO THE KANSAS LINE. THE FREEZING LINE WILL WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH TODAY REACHING FROM NORTHWEST BENTON COUNTY TO NORTHWEST PITTSBURG COUNTY BY LATE AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE INITIAL WARM GROUND CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF PAWNEE...OSAGE...WASHINGTONA AND NOWATA COUNTIES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 20S MEANING THAT ICE WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON THE GROUND AND TRAVEL IN THESE LOCATIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THIS MORNING. INITIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR WILL START ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND EXPOSED OBJECTS...BUT ALL ROAD SURFACES WILL BEGIN TO HAVE ICE PROBLEMS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S. TRAVEL ACROSS THE TULSA METRO AREA WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND AT ALL LOCATIONS WHERE THE TEMPERATURES REACHES THE UPPER 20S IN THE RAIN. FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OFF AND ON ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA INTO SUNDAY. TWO SIGNIFICANT SHOTS OF ICING APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME...ONE TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THE NEXT LATER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DANGEROUS TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES WILL POSSIBLE ACROSS A WIDE AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE UTILITY INTERRUPTIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 AND RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU LOSE POWER...DO NOT USE COMBUSTIBLE DEVICES INDOORS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED OR HAVE DIED FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE IMPROPERLY USING DEVICES LIKE A GRILL FOR INDOOR HEATING OR COOKING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MOVE TO A HIGH STATE OF READINESS AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER DURING A SEVERAL DAY STRETCH OF BELOW FREEZING WEATHER. $$ ARZ002-010-011-122345- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070112T1800Z-070115T0000Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE 941 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...AND MADISON. ARCTIC AIR IS SURGING SOUTH THROUGH OKLAHOMA...BUT WILL BE SLOWED BY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CARROLL...WASHINGTON AND MADISON CONTINUES TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WITH WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BEING AT GREATEST RISK OF ICING...BUT SOME POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS ESSENTIALLY CERTAIN...THE QUESTION REMAINS HOW MUCH WILL THE TEMPERATURE FALL. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT ICING AND CLOSELY MONITOR FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 121926 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 126 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ARZ001-OKZ054>075-130330- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA- ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON 126 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY 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...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER. ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. FREEZING RAIN IS MIXING WITH SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44...WITH PRIMARILY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND OCCASIONAL SLEET FARTHER SOUTH TO A LINE FROM NEAR GROVE TO WAGONER TO OKMULGEE AND OKEMAH. WARM AIR ALOFT AND THE DEPTH OF THE BELOW FREEZING AIR NEAR THE GROUND WILL ALLOW A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW FREEZING WILL FLUCTUATE LITTLE THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH SUNDAY...BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS A WIDE AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE UTILITY INTERRUPTIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 AND RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU LOSE POWER...DO NOT USE COMBUSTIBLE DEVICES INDOORS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED OR HAVE DIED FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BY IMPROPERLY USING DEVICES LIKE A GRILL FOR INDOOR HEATING OR COOKING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MOVE TO A HIGH STATE OF READINESS AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES LASTING SEVERAL DAYS. ROADS HAVE BECOME...OR SOON WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR MIAMI TO WAGONER TO OKMULGEE AND OKFUSKEE. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVELING SHOULD DO SO CAUTIOUSLY. $$ OKZ049-053-076-130330- /O.EXB.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...POTEAU 126 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...LE FLORE. ARCTIC AIR IS MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND IS EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO AND THROUGH FAR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 30S AND MAY DROP BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND FREEZING ON SATURDAY...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...BUT THE TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. INTERESTED PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS...TO KEEP UP WITH THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ ARZ002-010-011-130330- /O.EXT.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE 126 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. ARCTIC AIR IS SURGING SOUTH THROUGH OKLAHOMA...BUT WILL BE SLOWED BY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CARROLL...WASHINGTON AND MADISON COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL BE AT GREATEST RISK OF ICING...BUT SOME POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS ESSENTIALLY CERTAIN. HOWEVER...THE TIMING OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT ICING AND CLOSELY MONITOR FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 122050 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 250 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ARZ001-OKZ054>075-131100- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA- ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON 250 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY 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...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...AND LATIMER. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WHERE STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL SEVERELY IMPACT POWER SUPPLY...AND MAKE TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 WILL EXPERIENCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM BOTH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...AND WHILE THE SLEET WILL LIMIT THE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...THE IMPACT WILL REMAIN HIGH ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL DETERIORATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. EXERCISE ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES...AS WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. AVOID ALL TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. AT 2 PM COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...OSAGE...AND PAWNEE. AT 2 PM COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...AND CREEK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ002-010-011-OKZ049-053-076-131100- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0001.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...POTEAU 250 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON...AND MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...AND LE FLORE. THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY EXPAND OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND THROUGH THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...ANY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH POSSIBLE BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. LATER DATA WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED...AND AS THE CERTAINTY OF THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES INCREASES...THIS WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. PREPARATIONS FOR DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION...WITH THE EXPECTATION OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES AND NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF FOOD AND MEDICINE...AND REVIEW ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR ANY INDOOR SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS 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. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 130118 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 718 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ARZ002-010-131030- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE 718 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CARROLL...WASHINGTON. THE ICE STORM WARNING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CARROLL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING IN THESE AREAS THIS EVEING...ANY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ001-OKZ054>075-131030- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA- ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON 718 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY 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...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WHERE STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL SEVERELY IMPACT POWER SUPPLY...AND MAKE TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 WILL EXPERIENCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM BOTH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...AND WHILE THE SLEET WILL LIMIT THE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...THE IMPACT WILL REMAIN HIGH ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL DETERIORATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. EXERCISE ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES...AS WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. AVOID ALL TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ011-OKZ049-053-076-131030- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ MADISON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO... POTEAU 718 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...LE FLORE. THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY EXPAND OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND THROUGH THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...ANY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH POSSIBLE BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. LATER DATA WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED...AND AS THE CERTAINTY OF THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES INCREASES...THIS WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. PREPARATIONS FOR DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION...WITH THE EXPECTATION OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES AND NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF FOOD AND MEDICINE...AND REVIEW ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR ANY INDOOR SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 130256 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 856 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ARZ011-OKZ049-053-076-131100- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ MADISON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO... POTEAU 856 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...LE FLORE. THE ICE STORM WARNING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING...ANY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ ARZ001-002-010-OKZ054>075-131100- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG- OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG- HASKELL-LATIMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON 856 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WHERE STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL SEVERELY IMPACT POWER SUPPLY...AND MAKE TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. LOCATIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL EXPERIENCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM BOTH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...AND WHILE THE SLEET WILL LIMIT THE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...THE IMPACT WILL REMAIN HIGH ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL DETERIORATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. EXERCISE ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES...AS WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. AVOID ALL TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WAGONER...PITTSBURG... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... LATIMER...LEFLORE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 130516 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1116 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-131330- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 1116 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. 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. ...MAJOR ICE STORM UNDERWAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... LATEST SATELLITE DATA...INCLUDING MESOSCALE TRENDS...INDICATE AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET IS AGAIN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME AREAS WITH INCREASING POWER OUTAGES. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS...PITTSBURG...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...WAGONER...MAYES ...CHEROKEE...ADAIR AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...PRECIPITATION MAY REMAIN MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET...LIMITING THE OVERALL THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. AREAS SOUTH OF A FORT SMITH...POTEAU...ANTLERS LINE WILL LIKELY STAY ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT...LIMITING THE FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET IS LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THESE SAME AREAS. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY HAVE A PROLONGED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER...WITH SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. IF YOU DO LOSE HEAT AND POWER DURING THE STORM...DO NOT USE BURNING DEVICES THAT ARE NOT APPROVED FOR INDOOR USE. MANY PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR DIE FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.PERSONS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY IF POSSIBLE. MANY ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG AND HASKELL. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... LATIMER AND LE FLORE. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE AND OKMULGEE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 131017 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 417 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-131830- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 417 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. 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. ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT REGION... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FREEZING RAIN TODAY WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...WAGONER... MAYES...CHEROKEE...ADAIR AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...PRECIPITATION MAY REMAIN MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ACROSS THESE SAME AREAS. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY HAVE A PROLONGED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS LIKELY DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. STAY AWAY FROM ANY DOWN POWER LINES. AREAS SOUTH OF A POTEAU...ANTLERS LINE MAY STAY ABOVE FREEZING TODAY...LIMITING THE FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL. TEMPERATURES HOWEVER MAY FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT OR SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. IF YOU DO LOSE HEAT AND POWER DURING THE WINTER STORM...DO NOT USE BURNING DEVICES THAT ARE NOT APPROVED FOR INDOOR USE. MANY PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR DIE FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. PERSONS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL TODAY AND SUNDAY IF POSSIBLE. MANY ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG AND HASKELL. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... LATIMER AND LE FLORE. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE AND OKMULGEE. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR OKLAHOMA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT...WWW.DPS.STATE.OK.US/CGI-BIN/WEATHERMAP.CGI OR BY PHONE AT 405-425-2385 OR 888-425-2385. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR ARKANSAS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.ARKANSASHIGHWAYS.COM OR BY PHONE AT 800-245-1672. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 131735 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1135 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-140145- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 1135 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...AND MADISON. 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...AND LE FLORE. AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ALONG A FIFTY MILE WIDE ZONE FROM VINITA...TO MUSKOGEE...TO MCALESTER. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA. THE ZONE OF PERSISTENT FREEZING RAIN HAS EXTENDED FROM FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WHICH WILL FURTHER WORSEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON POWER LINES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS. FURTHER NORTHWEST...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS PREVAILED WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY BRIEF AND HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SLEET. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AS ADDITIONAL FROZEN PRECIPITATION FALLS. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED AT OR ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE EXCEPTION IS BENTON COUNTY ARKANSAS WHERE ICE HAS ACCUMULATED IN ISOLATED AREAS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THIS AREA WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN NEAR FREEZING ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD FOR ACCUMULATING ICE...WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. THIS TYPE OF ACCUMULATION WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT POWER INTERRUPTIONS AT 11 AM...COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE. AT 11 AM...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE. AT 11 AM...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...AND OKMULGEE. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 132113 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 313 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-140700- /O.EXT.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 313 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...AND MADISON. 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...AND LE FLORE. DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY OVER FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SPREADING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOCATIONS ALONG A SILOAM SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO MCALESTER OKLAHOMA LINE HAVE ALREADY SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AND FORECAST ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. THE POWER SUPPLY ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND POSSIBLY EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL SUSTAIN HEAVY DAMAGE AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO BE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR AREAS WEST OF THE PRIMARY ICE BAND...WHICH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OBSERVED. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE TULSA METRO AREA. THE FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS WILL STRAIN POWER LINES AND TREES...WITH POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE REMAINED VERY NEAR FREEZING...WHICH HAS LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING TONIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING AN INCH ONCE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE SUSTAINED BELOW FREEZING. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD NOTE AND BE PREPARED TO HOUSE MANY PEOPLE IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE POWER SUPPLY IS INTERRUPTED FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME GIVEN THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS WHERE POWER IS INTERRUPTED AND ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE CLOSELY FOLLOWED. AT 3 PM...COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE. AT 3 PM...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...OKFUSKEE. AT 3 PM...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...AND OKMULGEE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 140349 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 949 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-141200- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 949 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. 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. DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AGAIN ON SUNDAY OVER FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SPREADING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOCATIONS ALONG A SILOAM SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO MCALESTER OKLAHOMA LINE HAVE ALREADY SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AND FORECAST ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. THE POWER SUPPLY ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND POSSIBLY EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL SUSTAIN HEAVY DAMAGE AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR AREAS WEST OF THE PRIMARY ICE BAND...WHICH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA...ALONG WITH UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATION. THIS INCLUDES THE TULSA METRO AREA. THE FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS WILL STRAIN POWER LINES AND TREES...WITH POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE REMAINED VERY NEAR FREEZING...WHICH HAS LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING TONIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING AN INCH ONCE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE SUSTAINED BELOW FREEZING. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD NOTE AND BE PREPARED TO HOUSE MANY PEOPLE IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE POWER SUPPLY IS INTERRUPTED FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME GIVEN THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS WHERE POWER IS INTERRUPTED AND ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE CLOSELY FOLLOWED. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 140944 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 344 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-141745- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 344 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. 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. ...POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING AND HISTORIC ICE STORM TO CONTINUE TODAY... ...THOUSANDS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER AND LONG TERM POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY... AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...SPREADING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A WIDE SWATH OF DAMAGING ICE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOCATIONS FROM MCALESTER OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST...THROUGH CHECOTAH...MUSKOGEE...TAHLEQUAH AND GRAVETTE ARKANSAS HAVE ALREADY SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. THE POWER SUPPLY ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN HEAVY DAMAGE AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE LATER TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...NORTHWEST OF THE PRIMARY ICE BAND...WHICH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA...ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. THIS INCLUDES THE TULSA METRO AREA. THE FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS COULD STRAIN POWER LINES AND TREES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...MANY AREA ROADS REMAIN PACKED WITH ICE AND SLEET ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE REMAINED JUST ABOVE FREEZING...WHICH HAS LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER TODAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO HOUSE MANY PEOPLE GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES AND THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS WHERE POWER IS INTERRUPTED AND ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE CLOSELY FOLLOWED. IF YOU DO LOSE HEAT AND POWER DURING THE ICE STORM...ONLY USE BURNING DEVICES THAT ARE APPROVED FOR INDOOR USE. MANY PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR DIE FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR OKLAHOMA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT...WWW.DPS.STATE.OK.US/CGI-BIN/WEATHERMAP.CGI OR BY PHONE AT 405-425-2385 OR 888-425-2385. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR ARKANSAS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.ARKANSASHIGHWAYS.COM OR BY PHONE AT 800-245-1672. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHEROKEE...ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...BENTON AND WASHINGTON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING AND HISTORIC ICE STORM. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 141631 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1031 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-150045- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 1031 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. 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. ...DEVASTATING AND HISTORIC ICE STORM CONTINUES... ...THOUSANDS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER AND LONG TERM POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY... AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARE MOVING INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A WIDE SWATH OF DAMAGING ICE IS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING. ARKANSAS. LOCATIONS FROM MCALESTER OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST...THROUGH CHECOTAH...MUSKOGEE...TAHLEQUAH AND GRAVETTE ARKANSAS HAVE ALREADY SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE HALF TO OVER ONE INCH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. THE POWER SUPPLY ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN HEAVY DAMAGE AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG THE PRIMARY ICE BAND WHICH IS SETTING UP ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE DUE TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE BRIEFLY VERY HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS. THIS INCLUDES THE TULSA METRO AREA. THE FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS WILL STRAIN POWER LINES AND TREES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...AREA ROADS REMAIN PACKED WITH ICE AND SLEET ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE REMAINED AROUND FREEZING...WHICH HAS LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO HOUSE MANY PEOPLE GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES AND THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS WHERE POWER IS INTERRUPTED AND ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE CLOSELY FOLLOWED. IF YOU DO LOSE HEAT AND POWER DURING THE ICE STORM...ONLY USE BURNING DEVICES THAT ARE APPROVED FOR INDOOR USE. MANY PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR DIE FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR OKLAHOMA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT...WWW.DPS.STATE.OK.US/CGI-BIN/WEATHERMAP.CGI OR BY PHONE AT 405-425-2385 OR 888-425-2385. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR ARKANSAS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.ARKANSASHIGHWAYS.COM OR BY PHONE AT 800-245-1672. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHEROKEE...ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER... LE FLORE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...WASHINGTON... $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 142108 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 308 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>076-151000- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-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... 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 308 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...AND MADISON. 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...AND LE FLORE. THE LAST SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WITH THIS MAJOR ICE STORM IS CURRENTLY PASSING THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN A ZONE FROM PRYOR TO MUSKOGEE TO MCALESTER....AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE REMAINED NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING...AND THIS HAS KEPT ANY ICE ACCUMULATION MINIMAL. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A PERIOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING AS THE MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION ENDS. THIS PERIOD OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY APPROACH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IN ISOLATED AREAS FROM FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE MAJOR WEATHER IMPACT WILL TRANSITION TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE A HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY IN AREAS WHERE POWER IS LOST AND A SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCE IS NOT AVAILABLE. STATE AND LOCAL RELIEF EFFORTS NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID WEEK. AT 3 PM...COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER... AND LE FLORE. AT 3 PM...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE. AT 3 PM...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 150329 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 929 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 OKZ054>062-064>067-150430- /O.CAN.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...BRISTOW... OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER 929 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE...MUSKOGEE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... MCINTOSH... $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053-063-068>076-151130- /O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-DELAWARE- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...JAY...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL... MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON... POTEAU 929 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE... MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. ONE LAST BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PASS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN FROM THIS LAST PRECIPITATION BAND IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. AS WINDS INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT...MORE TREES AND TREE LIMBS WILL LIKELY FALL DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THIS WEEKENDS ICE. MOTORIST OR PERSONS OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT MUST REMAIN ALERT FOR FALLING LIMBS. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHOCTAW...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL... LATIMER...LEFLORE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE...MUSKOGEE... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... MCINTOSH... $$ ARZ019-020-029-151130- /O.NEW.KTSA.ZR.Y.0001.070115T0329Z-070115T1200Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON... FORT SMITH 929 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND OR SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER CRAWFORD SEBASTION AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN 9 PM AND 6 AM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL BECOME VERY SLIPPERY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 151010 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 410 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053-063-068>076-151115- /O.CAN.KTSA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-DELAWARE- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...JAY...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL... MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON... POTEAU 410 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON AND MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE... MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHOCTAW...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL... LATIMER AND LE FLORE. A FEW LINGERING AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET ...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO HOUSE MANY PEOPLE GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES AND THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS WITHOUT POWER AND ALL RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE CLOSELY FOLLOWED. USE ONLY BURNING DEVICES THAT ARE APPROVED FOR INDOOR USE. MANY PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR DIE FROM FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR OKLAHOMA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT...WWW.DPS.STATE.OK.US/CGI-BIN/WEATHERMAP.CGI OR BY PHONE AT 405-425-2385 OR 888-425-2385. DETAILED ROAD INFORMATION FOR ARKANSAS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.ARKANSASHIGHWAYS.COM OR BY PHONE AT 800-245-1672. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE AND MUSKOGEE. COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... MCINTOSH...BENTON AND WASHINGTON. $$ ARZ019-020-029-151115- /O.CAN.KTSA.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1200Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON... FORT SMITH 410 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN. A FEW LINGERING AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET ...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice 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 ice storm warning went out at Jan 11, 3:33 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 3:33 PM CST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
333 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007
.DISCUSSION...
VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST AND VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE WILL HAVE
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE IMPACT ON THE FORECAST. COLD
FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND BY TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE NEAR
THE I-44 AND MOVING SOUTHEAST. IT SHOULD CLEAR THE FORECAST
AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL BE BE FALLING AND REACH NEAR THE FREEZING POINT IN
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON
FRIDAY AND THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST
TO NEAR I 40 BY SATURDAY MORNING.
WILL BE UPGRADING THE NORTHWESTERN MOST COUNTIES INTO
AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AND
LEAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH INTACT FOR NOW.
ON SATURDAY IT BECOMES VERY TRICKY. SOME EROSION OF THE COLD
AIR WILL TAKE PLACE DUE TO PRECIPITATION ALOFT THAT IS MUCH
WARMER THAN THE COLD AIR. THIS WILL LIKELY MOVE THE FREEZING
RAIN AREA BACK NORTHWARD FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES
ARE LIKELY TO BE STEADY OR ONLY RAISE A COUPLE OF DEGREES
DURING THE DAY.
IN THE AREA WHERE THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED...
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT GET BACK ABOVE FREEZING AND
ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY OF ABOVE GROUND OBJECTS...
TREES...POWER LINES AND BRIDGES COULD BE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH
AND POSSIBLY MORE. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THIS
AREA WHERE TEMPERATURES COULD HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION IS MOST LIKELY GOING
TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN.
ALSO DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTH OF 2
TO UP TO 4 INCHES...WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
IT IS LIKELY THAT FORECAST PARAMETERS WILL BE ADJUSTED THROUGH
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THIS STORM DEVELOPS AND TEMPERATURE
PROFILES BECOME MORE CERTAIN.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 48 49 28 30 / 40 80 70 80
FSM 52 56 41 44 / 70 100 90 90
MLC 56 60 34 37 / 60 90 90 90
BVO 39 39 24 26 / 40 70 60 80
FYV 53 56 31 33 / 70 100 80 90
BYV 50 56 31 33 / 70 100 80 90
MKO 50 53 31 33 / 60 90 80 80
MIO 43 49 25 28 / 50 70 60 80
F10 52 54 29 32 / 50 90 80 80
HHW 57 62 42 45 / 60 90 80 90
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ073.
ICE STORM WARNING FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ054-
OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ059.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ058-
OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-
OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ049-
OKZ053-OKZ076.
AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ010.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ001-
ARZ002-ARZ010-ARZ011.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ019-
ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...05
LONG TERM....15Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:42 PM CST, 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 342 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121100- 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- 342 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT WINDS (NON THUNDERSTORM). RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...ELEVATED...SPREADINDEX=48. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO AREAS NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE DRIER FUELS EXIST...OTHERWISE THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE LESS TODAY AS HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL... HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL... HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL... HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. MONDAY...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... AN ICE STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY FOR FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO PLUNGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE LEADING EDGE PUSHING THROUGH KANSAS INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH THE FREEZING LINE REACHING INTO OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES BY AROUND NOON...AND NEAR I-44 BY EVENING. ONGOING RAINFALL WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR NORTH OF A PAWNEE TO VINITA LINE BY FRIDAY EVENING...AND POTENTIALLY AS FAR SOUTH AS I-44 BY SATURDAY MORNING. DETAILS OF PRECIPITATION TIMING AND INTENSITY REMAIN VERY UNCERTAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT CHANCES OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY. AS THE COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND...THE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WAVE OF ICING POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LOW TO THE WEST LIFTS OUT. ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS THE ARCTIC HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD START PREPARATIONS FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 12 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pushmataha | 3 days |
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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.