Alert archive / Oklahoma / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this blizzard warning at Dec 24, 2009, 10:50 AM CST for 16 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 17 hr. 44 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
- Dec 24, 2009, 10:50 AM CST (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2009, 3:32 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 4:53 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Terlton, OK | NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REPORTED. RELAYED BY FOX23 TULSA. |
| Dec 24, 4:59 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Tulsa, OK | MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF E 11TH AND HIGHWAY 169. |
| Dec 24, 4:59 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mannford, OK | |
| Dec 24, 5:00 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | 1 S Collinsville, OK | MEASURED ON GRASS AND PAVEMENT. NEAR 126TH ST N AND HIGHWAY 169. SECONDARY ROADS ICING OVER. |
| Dec 24, 5:03 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Pawnee, OK | REPORTED BY THE PAWNEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. |
| Dec 24, 5:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 11 Wnw Pawnee, OK | |
| Dec 24, 5:07 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Cleveland, OK | REPORTED BY THE CLEVELAND PD. |
| Dec 24, 5:13 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1.5 | Tulsa, OK | 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET REPORTED AT 41ST AND HARVARD. |
| Dec 24, 5:20 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Glenpool, OK | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REPORTED BY KRMG CHASER. RELAYED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Dec 24, 5:33 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 E Jenks, OK | 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. 101ST AND MEMORIAL. |
| Dec 24, 5:39 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 2 | Talala, OK | |
| Dec 24, 5:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sapulpa, OK | |
| Dec 24, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Drumright, OK | |
| Dec 24, 6:09 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 W Collinsville, OK | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 24, 6:14 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Bartlesville, OK | 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PLUS ABOUT 0.5 INCH OF ICE UNDER SNOW. |
| Dec 24, 6:21 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 7 Ssw Beggs, OK | NUYAKA...3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. HEAVY BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Dec 24, 6:21 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 Se Broken Arrow, OK | 5 INCHES IN ABOUT 1.5 HOURS. ALSO REPORTED THUNDERSNOW. |
| Dec 24, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Broken Arrow, OK | ONE INCH OF SNOW IN ONE HOUR IN NORTH BROKEN ARROW. THUNDERSNOW AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE ALSO REPORTED. |
| Dec 24, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 E Tulsa, OK | 11TH ST AND HWY 169. ABOUT 1.6 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 6 AND 630 PM. |
| Dec 24, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Beggs, OK | ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH DRIFTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. |
| Dec 24, 6:43 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Terlton, OK | ALSO ESTIMATED SNOW DRIFTS TO 12 INCHES. RELAYED BY FOX23 TULSA. |
| Dec 24, 6:46 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Bixby, OK | 131ST AND SHERIDAN. THUNDERSNOW REPORTED. |
| Dec 24, 7:06 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 S Collinsville, OK | ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF SLEET/SNOW IN LAST 2 HOURS PLUS 1 INCH OF SLEET REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING. ALL SNOW NOW. |
| Dec 24, 7:23 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 W Mounds, OK | |
| Dec 24, 7:23 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Broken Arrow, OK | 6 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW PLUS 1.5 FOOT DRIFTS. 161ST ST AND BROKEN ARROW EXPRESSWAY. MULTIPLE CARS STALLED OR OFF THE ROAD IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE BROKEN ARROW EXPRESSWAY AND ON/OFF RAMPS. |
| Dec 24, 7:48 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Hitchita, OK | |
| Dec 24, 7:54 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Checotah, OK | |
| Dec 24, 7:54 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Welty, OK | 8 TO 9 INCHES WITH MUCH HIGHER DRIFTS. STILL SNOWING HARD AT THIS TIME AND VISIBILITIES ARE VERY LOW. |
| Dec 24, 8:04 PM CST | SNOW 12 | 5 W Pawnee, OK | AT 5 PM...MEASURED SNOW OF 10 INCHES. ESTIMATED 12 TO 13 INCHES AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 24, 8:19 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | Lenapah, OK | DUSTING OF SNOW ON TOP OF SLEET |
| Dec 24, 8:19 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 E Claremore, OK | |
| Dec 24, 8:35 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Adair, OK | 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF AN INCH OF SLEET |
| Dec 24, 8:37 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 E Owasso, OK | FELL IN ABOUT 2.5 HOURS. 86TH ST N AND 1 MILE EAST OF ROGERS/TULSA COUNTY LINE. |
| Dec 24, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Terlton, OK | DRIFTS OF 1.5 FEET. HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 24, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 S Muskogee, OK | ABOUT 4.5 INCHES INCLUDING ABOUT 0.25 INCHES OF SLEET...FELL IN ABOUT 2.5 HOURS. |
| Dec 24, 9:49 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Wagoner, OK | |
| Dec 24, 9:49 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Muskogee, OK | |
| Dec 24, 9:50 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Bristow, OK | 7 INCHES OF SNOW IN 8 HOURS...1/2 INCH OF ICE UNDER SNOW. |
| Dec 24, 9:52 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| Dec 24, 10:12 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Quapaw, OK | FELL IN 1.5 HOURS. |
| Dec 24, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 Ene Bartlesville, OK | ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRED OVER 5 HOURS. SLEET CHANGED TO SNOW AT 5PM. |
| Dec 24, 10:22 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 12 Se Tulsa, OK | 101ST AND MINGO |
| Dec 25, 12:37 AM CST | SNOW 9.8 | 1 S Collinsville, OK | |
| Dec 25, 1:02 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Chelsea, OK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 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 241650 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1050 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 OKZ054-059-064-250100- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.091224T1650Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE-CREEK- 1050 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL END DURING THE EVENING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER SNOWFALL ENDS THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...PAWNEE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. DEFINITION... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-055>058-060>063-065>076- 250100- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS- MAYES-DELAWARE-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 1050 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...OTTAWA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG... SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WIND WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR CONCERN WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN AREA NORTH OF A TULSA TO FORT SMITH LINE THIS AFTERNOON. * LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH OF A TULSA TO FORT SMITH LINE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA BY TONIGHT. A HEAVIER BAND OF SNOWFALL WITH 8 TO 10 INCH ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER TO THE SOUTH OF A MCALESTER TO FORT SMITH LINE. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KTSA 242021 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 221 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 OKZ055>058-060>063-065>068-070-071-250430- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 221 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON... CRAIG...NOWATA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. * THE BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WAS CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. HEAVY SNOW WAS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AT EARLY AFTERNOON AND THIS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATION RATES THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS THAT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL WILL TOTAL 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AND IN A ZONE FROM AROUND OKEMAH TO THE OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS. * WIND GUST VALUES OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THESE WINDS PRODUCE MINOR WIND DAMAGE AND COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES. * VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE TULSA METRO AREA WILL BEGIN TO QUICKLY DETERIORATE WITH TRAVEL CONDITIONS BECOMING INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOURS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE... PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * PEOPLE IN THE TULSA METRO SHOULD PLAN FOR A HAZARDOUS EVENING COMMUTE AND TRAVEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CONDITIONS WORSEN. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. DO NOT TRAVEL AFTER THE SNOW INCREASES IN YOUR AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. DEFINITION... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED. $$ OKZ054-059-064-250430- /O.CON.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE-CREEK- 221 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WAS CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. HEAVY SNOW WAS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AT EARLY AFTERNOON AND THIS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATION RATES AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL WILL TOTAL 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AND IN A ZONE FROM AROUND OKEMAH TO THE OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS. * WIND GUST VALUES OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THESE WINDS PRODUCE MINOR WIND DAMAGE AND COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES. * VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE... PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. DO NOT TRAVEL AFTER THE SNOW INCREASES IN YOUR AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-069-072>076-250430- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 221 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG... SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WARNING AREA. SNOW WAS FALLING AT MCALESTER...TAHLEQUAH AND MUSKOGEE AT MID AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL WILL TOTAL 4 TO 8 INCHES IN FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY OF WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES FROM AROUND STILWELL TO SEQUOYAH TO MCALESTER WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. * STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT SOME LOCATIONS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ANY FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. PREPARE TO DELAY TRAVEL. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. * DEPENDING ON THE WINDS TONIGHT AND HOW THE SNOWFALL EVOLVES ...A PORTION OF THIS WARNING AREA MAY BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 242246 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 446 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 OKZ054>068-070-071-250700- /O.CON.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 446 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ACROSS OSAGE...PAWNEE AND CREEK COUNTIES. EITHER SLEET OR SNOW IS OCCURRING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GROVE TO TAHLEQUAH TO NEAR WILBURTON. THUNDERSTORMS HAD RECENTLY DEVELOPED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITHIN THE HEAVY SLEET IN TULSA AND WAGONER COUNTIES. SOME DATA SUGGESTS THAT SNOWFALL RATES HAVE REACHED NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE VERY SNOW FROM JUST WEST OF BARTLESVILLE TO BRISTOW TO AROUND OKEMAH. DURING THE EVENT THE PRECIPITATION WILL TREND TO ALL SNOW IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.... A BROAD ZONE OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING WITH A SWATH OF 7 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MOSTLY LIKELY NEAR A LINE FROM AROUND OKEMAH TO THE NORTHEAST TIP OF OKLAHOMA. * WIND GUSTS... GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME MINOR WIND DAMAGE WILL OCCUR WITH THE GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES. * VISIBILITY... THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREA SOME RURAL EAST-WEST ROADS COULD DRIFT SHUT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. POWER INTERRUPTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF COWETA AND BROKEN ARROW. * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... WAGONER... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...CREEK...OKMULGEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING IN THE WARNING AREA. TRAVEL OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA IS DISCOURAGED. IF MUST SET OUT... BE PREPARED IF YOU BECOME STRANDED AND TAKE ALONG A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-069-072>076-250700- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 446 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG... SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT. EITHER SLEET OR SNOW WAS OCCURRING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GROVE...TO TAHLEQUAH TO JUST WEST OF WILBURTON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL END IN ALL AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE FROM AROUND LAKE EUFALA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THE HUGO AREA. * WIND GUSTS... WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 250127 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 727 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 OKZ054>068-070-071-250930- /O.CON.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 727 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDER HAS DEVELOPED IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR NOWATA SOUTH TO THE TULSA AREA... SOUTH TO THE MUSKOGEE AREA. THIS BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW WAS PRODUCING UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SNOWFALL REPORTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE TULSA AREA AT 7 PM CST. THE SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.... A BROAD ZONE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING WITH A SWATH OF 7 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MOSTLY LIKELY NEAR A LINE FROM AROUND OKEMAH TO THE NORTHEAST TIP OF OKLAHOMA. EVEN MORE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE CONVECTIVE BANDS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. * WIND GUSTS... GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME MINOR WIND DAMAGE WILL OCCUR WITH THE GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES. * VISIBILITY... THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREA SOME RURAL EAST-WEST ROADS COULD DRIFT SHUT. DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DRIFTS OF ONE TO THREE FEET...MAYBE MORE IN HIGH SNOWFALL AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. POWER INTERRUPTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF COWETA AND BROKEN ARROW. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...DELAWARE...PITTSBURG...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...WASHINGTON... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-069-072>076-250915- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 715 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG... SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT. EITHER SLEET OR SNOW WAS OCCURRING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GROVE...TO TAHLEQUAH TO JUST WEST OF WILBURTON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL END IN ALL AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE FROM AROUND LAKE EUFALA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THE HUGO AREA. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND A TENTH OF A INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS... WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 250311 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 911 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 OKZ054>068-070-071-251115- /O.CON.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 911 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST AFTER LEAVING VERY HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SO FAR THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS REPORTED HAVE BEEN WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF TULSA WHERE SNOW OF OVER ONE FOOT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY. AMOUNTS IN THE TULSA METRO AREA HAVE BEEN IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE STILL POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SOME DRIFTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED THE SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.... A BROAD ZONE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING WITH A SWATH OF 8 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND GUSTS... GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME MINOR WIND DAMAGE WILL OCCUR WITH THE GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES. * VISIBILITY... THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREA SOME RURAL EAST-WEST ROADS COULD DRIFT SHUT. DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DRIFTS OF ONE TO THREE FEET...MAYBE MORE IN HIGH SNOWFALL AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...DELAWARE... LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...WASHINGTON...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...WASHINGTON... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-069-072>076-251115- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 911 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG... SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * THE RAIN HAS NOW CHANGED TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SLEET OR SNOW WAS OCCURRING OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE WARNING AREA. THE SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... THEE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE FROM AROUND LAKE EUFALA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THE HUGO AREA. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WERE REPORTED BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. * WIND GUSTS... WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...DELAWARE... LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...WASHINGTON...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...WASHINGTON... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 250602 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1202 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 OKZ049-053-073>076-251200- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0007.091225T0602Z-091225T1200Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 1202 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...LE FLORE... LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS REMAINED MOSTLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH AROUND A HALF TO AN INCH OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHEROKEE...ADAIR...HASKELL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... PUSHMATAHA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...WASHINGTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. DEFINITION... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. $$ OKZ054>068-070-071-251200- /O.CON.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 1202 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST AFTER LEAVING VERY HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SO FAR THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS REPORTED HAVE BEEN WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF TULSA WHERE SNOW OF OVER ONE FOOT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY. AMOUNTS IN THE TULSA METRO AREA HAVE BEEN IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF OF AN AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SOME DRIFTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WIND GUST VALUES WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED SOME OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...ALTHOUGH SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 35 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN THE STRONGER WINDS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHEROKEE...ADAIR...HASKELL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... PUSHMATAHA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...WASHINGTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ069-072-251200- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- ADAIR-SEQUOYAH- 1202 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR AND SEQUOYAH. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA...BEFORE ENDING TOWARD SUNRISE. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ACROSS BENTON...CARROLL...MADISON...WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... CHEROKEE...ADAIR...HASKELL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... PUSHMATAHA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON...WASHINGTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 250932 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 332 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 OKZ058-063-251800- /O.CAN.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0008.091225T0932Z-091225T1800Z/ OTTAWA-DELAWARE- 332 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE AND OTTAWA. * THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACES THE BLIZZARD WARNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID-TO-LATE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION... AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... PUSHMATAHA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON... WASHINGTON...SEBASTIAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. DEFINITION... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. $$ OKZ054>057-059>062-064>068-070-071-251045- /O.CAN.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 332 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...PAWNEE...WAGONER...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG... NOWATA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW IS TAPERING OFF ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW BLIZZARD WARNING CRITERIA. HOWEVER...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ069-251800- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0008.091225T0932Z-091225T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-ADAIR- 332 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID-TO-LATE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION... AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. * GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED... PUSHMATAHA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA... PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...BENTON... WASHINGTON...SEBASTIAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. DEFINITION... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. $$ ARZ019-020-029-OKZ072-251045- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-SEQUOYAH- 332 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...SEQUOYAH. * IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH. $$ OKZ049-053-073>076-251045- /O.CAN.KTSA.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 332 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...LE FLORE... LATIMER AND HASKELL. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 24, 5:51 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 5:51 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPACTED BY A STRONG WINTER STORM
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ONGOING WILL
WORSEN THROUGH THE DAY AS BOTH CEILINGS LOWER AND VISIBILITIES
FALL AS RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO
30 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL IMPACT ALL SITES AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALSO POSSIBLE.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
DISCUSSION...
..WINTER STORM TO AFFECT AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING DAY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO SAY THE LEAST.
SURFACE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA
IS LOCATED NEAR A KMCI-KMLC-KSEP LINE WITH A SURFACE
LOW NEAR KTYR. A LARGE SWATH OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING TO THE EAST OF THE COLD FRONT
WITH SOME RAIN WEST OF THE BOUNDARY. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK TO THE EAST TODAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OUT
OF TEXAS AND ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS EVENING BEFORE
MOVING INTO MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT. AS THE COLD AIR AT
THE SURFACE MOVES INTO THE REGION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE
SURFACE LOW AND IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...THE ATTENDANT
MID-LEVEL LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS AND ACROSS
ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
ALSO SUGGEST THAT THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF SLEET DURING
THE TRANSITION PERIOD. THE SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS THE THE MID-LEVEL LOW
MOVES FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO ARKANSAS. AS OF RIGHT NOW
IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DEAL OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE
2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL
GENERALLY BE EAST OF A COFFEYVILLE TO MCALESTER LINE. WHERE
4+ INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN FACT...6 TO 10 INCHES
OF SNOW NOW LOOK LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WARNING
WILL ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER
CONCERN TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT WILL BE THE WINDS. NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AS THE
STORM SYSTEM PULLS OF TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE
AREA.
SEVERAL DAYS OF COLD AND BENIGN WEATHER ARE EXPECTED IN THE
WAKE OF THE STORM AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD INTO
THE REGION. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST
AND ACROSS THE PLAINS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 37 19 31 18 / 100 80 10 10
FSM 49 26 32 19 / 100 90 0 10
MLC 40 19 34 20 / 100 80 0 10
BVO 35 20 29 18 / 100 80 10 10
FYV 49 21 26 17 / 100 90 10 10
BYV 49 20 24 16 / 100 90 10 10
MKO 39 18 28 21 / 100 80 0 10
MIO 38 19 26 17 / 100 80 10 10
F10 37 18 31 21 / 100 80 0 10
HHW 49 21 34 21 / 100 80 0 10
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ069-
OKZ072-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
AVIATION...07Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 9:46 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
946 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251100-
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-
926 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...
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...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
WITH HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...LATE MORNING WEST...EARLY EVENING EAST.
ICE ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTH OF AN OILTON...TO TULSA...TO FORT SMITH LINE.
ONSET...ONGOING FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE AND NORTHWEST CREEK COUNTIES
ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING...INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
DISCUSSION...
WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS...AS PRECIPITATION EXPANDS AHEAD OF AN INTENSE
STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER WEST TEXAS. TEMPERATURES
WILL STEADILY FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES EXPANDING EASTWARD. IN GENERAL...THE CHANGE TO FROZEN
PRECIPITATION WILL EASTWARD DURING THE DAY...WITH SLEET AND SNOW
LIKELY ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING.
SOME AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST OF TULSA HAVE ALREADY SEEN
TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING...AND A PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO SLEET THEN SNOW BY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH OF
A TULSA TO FORT SMITH LINE MAY ALSO SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SLEET
AND SNOW OCCURS.
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SE SNOWFALL AF 4 INCHES OR
MORE...WITH ONE OR MORE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. CURRENT DATA
SUGGESTS THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE ALONG A
LINE FROM ROUGHLY OKEMAH TO WAGONER TO BENTONVILLE. WHILE THE
EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND MAY CHANGE...THERE IS
HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT A LARGE
PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE
TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH
WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF
HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND BECOME
DANGEROUS BY TONIGHT. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AND VERY COLD
WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL MAKE ANY OUTDOOR EXPOSURE HAZARDOUS.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO
SLEET OR SNOW...ALONG WITH FREQUENT SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS.
PLEASE RELAY THESE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY ALONG WITH A
FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA BORDER. WIND CHILL
VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW AND OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED
ON FRIDAY. COLD AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW ARRIVING BY TUESDAY.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Dec 24, 5:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 38 hr |
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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.