Alert archive / Oklahoma / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2009, 3:55 PM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 50 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 23, 2009, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2009, 3:32 AM CST
- In force
- 22 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 21:57 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, 6:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Gravette, AR | FELL IN ABOUT ONE HOUR. |
| 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, 8:29 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 S West Fork, AR | SNOW COVERING A LAYER OF ICE ON I 540 |
| 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 24, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 W Fayetteville, AR | DURING PAST 3 HOURS |
| Dec 24, 11:28 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 W Pea Ridge, AR | 1 INCH 3 HOURS...LIGHT SNOW UNTIL THE LAST 20 MIN. |
| Dec 24, 11:28 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Ne Beaver, AR | REPORTED IN HOLIDAY ISLAND |
| Dec 24, 11:28 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Prairie Grove, AR | |
| 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KTSA 232155 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 355 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-240600- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0004.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WS.W.0003.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 355 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE AND PAWNEE. * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. THE CHANGE OVER WILL TAKE PLACE BY MIDDAY AS FAR EAST AS THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR. HEAVY SNOW IS THEN LIKELY INTO THE EVENING. * FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. * VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY NIGHT. 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. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ056>058-061>063-067>075-240600- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0004.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-ROGERS- MAYES-DELAWARE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 355 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...CRAIG...NOWATA...OTTAWA... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE SNOW ALONG THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR ABOUT MIDDAY THURSDAY AND WILL CHANGE OVER IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY EVENING. * FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IMPACTS... * ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KTSA 240254 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 854 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-241100- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 854 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA...PAWNEE... WASHINGTON AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. THE CHANGE OVER WILL TAKE PLACE BY MIDDAY AS FAR EAST AS THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR. HEAVY SNOW IS THEN LIKELY INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE TRANSITION TIME...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET MIXED IN AS WELL. * FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ARZ019-020-029-OKZ049-053-076-241100- /O.EXA.KTSA.WS.A.0004.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-LE FLORE- 854 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW AND LE FLORE. * IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CHANGE OVER IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION TIME. * UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE IF THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. IMPACTS... * ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW OR A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ056>058-061>063-067>075-241100- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0004.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-ROGERS- MAYES-DELAWARE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 854 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...OTTAWA...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE SNOW ALONG THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CHANGE OVER IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY EVENING. * FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IMPACTS... * ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM. * 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 240955 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 355 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-056>058-061>063-067>076- 241800- /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0004.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.WS.W.0003.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- LE FLORE- 355 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...OTTAWA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...CRAIG...NOWATA... PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN IS EXPECTED 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. * AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THERE WILL BE AN AREA OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 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. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. $$ OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-241800- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.091224T1200Z-091225T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 355 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...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA...PAWNEE... WASHINGTON AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO OF CONCERN WILL BE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. * 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. 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. $$
000 WWUS44 KTSA 241446 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 846 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-242300- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 846 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...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA... PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS OSAGE... PAWNEE AND FAR NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTY BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING IN MUCH OF THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. * 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. * ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WEST OF A BARTLESVILLE TO OIL TON LINE. OTHER LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH OF A TULSA TO FORT SMITH LINE. * AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. WITHIN THIS AREA A SWATH OF 6 TO 10 INCH TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MOST LIKELY IMPACTING PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 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. $$
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. $$
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 winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 23, 3:42 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 3:42 PM CST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
342 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
.DISCUSSION...
WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND W OF
HIGHWAY 75 AND NORTH OF I-40 WITH THIS PACKAGE FOR THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.
WE WILL FIRST HAVE TO ADDRESS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OCCURRING
ALONG AND E OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY NEAR A COPAN-OKEMAH
LINE. SFC-BASED INSTABILITY AXIS HAS SHIFTED NWRD AND EWRD INTO
SERN OK THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COMBINED WITH
STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL
RESULT IN SUPERCELL POTENTIAL WITH HAIL/STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES SERN OK. SVR HAIL ALSO CONTINUES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
OVER NERN OK/NWRN AR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE ERN CWA AND WILL CONTINUE FFA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH 1-3
INCHES WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 POSSIBLE.
COLD FRONT SLIDES GRADUALLY EWRD TONIGHT AND EXPECT IT TO BE E OF
OUR CWA BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW DIFFERING SOLUTIONS REGARDING THE EXACT
TRACK THE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SRN ROCKIES WILL TAKE AS IT
ROTATES ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
GENERAL TREND OF THE MORE RECENT MODELS IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH
THAN PREVIOUS RUNS AND HAVE THUS MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO CRITICAL
WEATHER ELEMENTS WITH THAT IN MIND. WE BROUGHT WINTER STORM WATCH
SOUTHWARD EARLIER TODAY TO REFLECT HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS S OF
PREVIOUS WATCH. BELIEVE PRECIP WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING NWRN CWA...AROUND MIDDAY TO ABOUT THE HIGHWAY 69
CORRIDOR...AND THEN FINALLY IN ERN COUNTIES THURSDAY EVENING.
HEAVY SNOWFALL IS LIKELY THURSDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NERN OK
AND WILL ISSUE WARNING FOR THOSE AREAS ATTM. WARNING WILL LIKELY
BE ADJUSTED AS THIS EVENT EVOLVES. VERY STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NERN OK.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF NWRN AREAS THURSDAY EVENING AND
FINALLY END IN NWRN AR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS STORM SHIFTS NEWRD
INTO THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY. HELD ONTO SOME LOW SNOW
CHANCES/FLURRIES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT NRN CWA AS WRAP AROUND
MOISTURE AND SOME LAGGING SHORT WAVE ENERGY CONTINUES TO AFFECT
THE REGION.
NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP FOLLOWING THIS STORM SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER SYSTEM DIGS INTO THE SWRN CONUS AND
THEN INTO THE SRN PLAINS. QUITE A BIT OF VARIANCE IN MODEL
SOLUTIONS AT THAT RANGE SO ATTM JUST CARRIED LOW CHANCE SN NORTH
AND LOW CHANCE RAIN/SNOW SOUTH. TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FRI-WED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 36 37 18 31 / 90 100 80 20
FSM 46 47 23 32 / 100 100 60 10
MLC 38 39 21 37 / 90 90 40 10
BVO 34 35 18 29 / 90 100 80 20
FYV 47 48 18 28 / 100 100 80 20
BYV 47 52 20 27 / 100 100 80 20
MKO 38 38 18 31 / 90 90 70 10
MIO 36 40 17 26 / 90 100 80 30
F10 36 36 18 33 / 90 90 50 10
HHW 46 46 25 38 / 90 90 30 10
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM FRIDAY FOR
OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ069-
OKZ072-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM FRIDAY FOR OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-
OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM FRIDAY FOR ARZ001-
ARZ002-ARZ010-ARZ011.
&&
SHORT TERM...03
LONG TERM....69Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 1:05 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 105 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241100- 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- 1247 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MULTIPLE HAZARDS THROUGH CHRISTMAS... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ONSET...AFTER 3 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING...INCREASING AFTER 3 PM. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTER 6 PM. WINTER WEATHER. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTH AND WEST OF TULSA METRO. ONSET...LATE TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF WESTERN ARKANSAS AND FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA FOR THE TIME BEING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED FROM NEAR PONCA CITY TO ARDMORE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EVENING...WITH THE ACTIVITY CONTINUING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES... WITH THESE CONDITIONS SUPPORTING A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AREA- WIDE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE A POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL BE NEARER THE HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND THIS WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORM UPDRAFTS TO BE BASED NEARER THE SURFACE. SHOULD STORMS IN THIS REGION EXPERIENCE THESE MORE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS...THEN THE POTENTIAL INCREASES FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH POTENTIALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA WITH THE PASSING UPPER STORM SYSTEM. LATEST DATA SUGGESTS A FORECAST TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW THAT WOULD FAVOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR THE I-44 CORRIDOR. GUTSY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. THE FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS AND LOCATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED IN LATER FORECASTS. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND POINTS FURTHER NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DRY AND COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNING FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... WINTER WEATHER WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR ALL BUT FAR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED. REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA TO PASS ALONG ANY WEATHER REPORTS...AND TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 2:44 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
244 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
OKZ055-056-232115-
NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
244 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NOWATA AND WASHINGTON
AT 245 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
WEST OF WATOVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH AND
WATOVA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3697 9565 3668 9542 3668 9543 3660 9567
3660 9582 3655 9582 3653 9586 3662 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 228DEG 29KT 3662 9581Special weather statement, Dec 23, 3:05 PM CST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
305 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
OKZ071-073>075-232130-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-
305 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN MCINTOSH...SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...NORTHEASTERN
PITTSBURG AND NORTHWESTERN LATIMER
AT 305 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
KREBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEWISVILLE...EUFAULA...MCALESTER...
ALDERSON...KREBS...BLOCKER...FEATHERSTON...CROWDER...QUINTON AND
CANADIAN.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3535 9558 3507 9520 3487 9573 3496 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 223DEG 31KT 3494 9573Special weather statement, Dec 23, 3:27 PM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
327 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
OKZ056-057-232200-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-
327 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN CRAIG AND NORTHEASTERN NOWATA
AT 327 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CRAIG COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH..
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3699 9504 3680 9547 3690 9556 3700 9545
3700 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 226DEG 35KT 3691 9542Special weather statement, Dec 23, 3:28 PM CST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
328 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
OKZ070-071-073-074-232215-
HASKELL OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
328 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN MCINTOSH...WESTERN HASKELL AND NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG
AT 328 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BLOCKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...STIGLER...LEWISVILLE...
KINTA...ENTERPRISE...WHITEFIELD...BLOCKER...FEATHERSTON...QUINTON...
BRIARTOWN AND PORUM.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3551 9527 3523 9500 3506 9531 3506 9535
3503 9536 3503 9550 3502 9551 3501 9556
3509 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 230DEG 31KT 3508 9553Special weather statement, Dec 23, 3:41 PM CST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
341 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
OKZ056-057-061-232230-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
341 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN ROGERS...WESTERN CRAIG AND SOUTHERN NOWATA
AT 341 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OOLOGAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...
LENAPAH...WATOVA...NEW ALLUWE...OOLOGAH AND TALALA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3674 9525 3629 9568 3636 9582 3640 9581
3640 9580 3643 9579 3644 9582 3649 9582
3686 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 210DEG 26KT 3642 9573Special weather statement, Dec 23, 3:44 PM CST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
344 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
OKZ060-061-067-232230-
ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
344 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN WAGONER...ROGERS AND EAST CENTRAL TULSA
AT 344 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TULSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...EAST TULSA...CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...
VERDIGRIS...TIAWAH...FOYIL AND BUSHYHEAD.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3648 9543 3636 9543 3605 9573 3613 9586
3653 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 209DEG 32KT 3612 9578The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 8:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pushmataha | 34 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 42 min |
| Dec 23, 4:04 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 1:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 2:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 52 min |
| Dec 23, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 2:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 2:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 3:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 3:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 3:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 3:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 3:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 4:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.