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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 24, 201214 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this winter storm warning at Dec 24, 2012, 4:07 AM CST for 14 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 8 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, 2012, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 26, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Creek County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 25, 3:40 PM CSTSNOW 1Hugo, OK
Dec 25, 6:15 PM CSTSNOW 2Checotah, OK
Dec 25, 7:24 PM CSTSNOW 2Messer, OK
Dec 25, 7:24 PM CSTSNOW 49 N Swink, OK
Dec 25, 7:33 PM CSTSNOW 55 N Red Oak, OK
Dec 25, 7:35 PM CSTSNOW 46 Sw Bengal, OK
Dec 25, 8:05 PM CSTSNOW 1Keefeton, OK
Dec 25, 8:07 PM CSTSNOW 16 Se Antlers, OKREPORT WAS 2NE OF HAMDEN OKLAHOMA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

061 
WWUS44 KTSA 241007
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
407 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS     
   DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ065-066-068>076-242200-
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CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
407 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... 
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER 
   AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...
   SEBASTIAN... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

 * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...MIXING WITH
   SLEET...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE
   TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL
   LIKELY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST
   ARKANSAS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST
   CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

 * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS
   LIKELY CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
   AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO CLOSED ROADS. POWER OUTAGES ARE
   POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE
   VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
   EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * MAKE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THIS REGION WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT
   AT THE VERY LEAST DELAYS WILL OCCUR AND IN SOME CASES ROADS COULD
   BE CLOSED. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PERSONS CURRENTLY IN THE
   WINTER STORM WARNING TRAVEL TODAY OR TONIGHT IF POSSIBLE AHEAD
   OF THE WINTER STORM.

 * 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. 

&&

$$

OKZ060-064-067-242200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WS.W.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/
TULSA-CREEK-WAGONER-
407 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER AND TULSA. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...MIXING WITH
   SLEET...ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE
   TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE
   SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST CHRISTMAS EVENING.

 * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY
   CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
   POSSIBLE.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS MAKING
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
   GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND
   DRIFTING SNOW.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
   EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * MAKE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THIS REGION WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT
   AT THE VERY LEAST DELAYS WILL OCCUR AND IN SOME CASES ROADS
   COULD BE CLOSED. 

 * 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. 

&&

$$

ARZ001-OKZ054>059-061>063-242200-
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BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-
407 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM 
WATCH FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... 
   WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...MIXING WITH
   SLEET...ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE
   TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
   END FROM WEST TO EAST CHRISTMAS EVENING.

 * 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY CHRISTMAS DAY
   INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
   IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. POWER OUTAGES ARE
   POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW OR A SIGNIFICANT
   ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
   NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

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. 

&&

$$

OKZ049-053-242200-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.A.0001.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-
407 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...MIXING WITH
   SLEET...ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE
   TRANSITIONING TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
   END FROM WEST TO EAST CHRISTMAS EVENING.

 * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS
   LIKELY CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
   AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS...MAKING
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
   GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND
   DRIFTING SNOW.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * MAKE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THIS REGION WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT
   AT THE VERY LEAST DELAYS COULD OCCUR. 

 * 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. 

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
728 
WWUS44 KTSA 241226
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
626 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS   
   DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CHRISTMAS
DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ060-064>076-242000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-TULSA-
CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
626 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... 
   WAGONER...TULSA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE... 
   LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...
   MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...QUICKLY MIXING
   WITH SLEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS
   MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. THE MIXED
   PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE
   AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
   END FROM WEST TO EAST CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

 * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS
   LIKELY CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
   AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO BY
   WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO CLOSED ROADS. POWER OUTAGES MAY
   OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES
   WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * PERSONS SHOULD PLAN ON TRAVEL DELAYS DUE TO SLICK SNOW PACKED
   ROADS. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED. PERSONS
   SHOULD CONSIDER TRAVELING TODAY OR TONIGHT...IF POSSIBLE...AHEAD
   OF THE WINTER STORM.

 * IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
   STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU...INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS
   ...BOOSTER CABLES...FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS AND EXTRA
   CLOTHING. ALSO TAKE WATER...A FIRST AID KIT...OR ANYTHING ELSE
   THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

 * 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. 

&&

$$

ARZ001-OKZ049-053>059-061>063-242000-
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BENTON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-
PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-
626 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... 
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. IN 
   ARKANSAS...BENTON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...QUICKLY MIXING
   WITH SLEET ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE
   TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
   TRANSITION TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST
   CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

 * SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
   ACCUMULATION CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THE EXACT
   TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM STILL REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AND
   THEREFORE FORECAST SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY NEED TO BE REVISED.
   SOME AREAS CURRENTLY IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED
   TO A WINTER STORM WARNING LATER TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * PERSONS SHOULD PLAN ON TRAVEL DELAYS DUE TO SLICK SNOW PACKED
   ROADS. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED. PERSONS
   MAY CONSIDER TRAVELING TODAY OR TONIGHT...IF POSSIBLE...AHEAD
   OF THE WINTER STORM.

 * 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. 

&&

$$
585 
WWUS44 KTSA 242152
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
352 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS   
DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CHRISTMAS
DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40.

OKZ060-064-067-251030-
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TULSA-CREEK-WAGONER-
352 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 
3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER AND TULSA. 

 * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT
   A CONTINUATION OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THEREFORE...IT WILL
   BE DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
   LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY ON CHRISTMAS. HEAVIER PRECIP IS EXPECTED
   TO BEGIN BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AS IT
   CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY EVENING.

 * UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN 
   INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 
   MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
   ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
   STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
   VISIBILITIES.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY
   ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. 

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. 

&&

$$

ARZ001-OKZ049-251030-
/O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KTSA.WS.W.0002.121225T0900Z-121226T0600Z/
BENTON-PUSHMATAHA-
352 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
NIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON. 

 * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE
   CHRISTMAS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE
   AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. 

 * UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER
   AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH
   OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
   CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES 
   ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
   EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
   BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES.

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. 

&&

$$

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ065-066-068>076-251030-
/O.EXT.KTSA.WS.W.0002.121225T0900Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
352 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF 
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY 
TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... 
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER 
   AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...
   SEBASTIAN... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE
   CHRISTMAS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE
   AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

 * UP TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER
   AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
   ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
   TUESDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS
   WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL.

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. 

&&

$$

OKZ053>059-061>063-251030-
/O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.121225T0900Z-121226T0600Z/
CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-
352 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR A LIGHT WINTRY MIXING OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... 
   CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. 

 * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
   TO BEGIN ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
   CHRISTMAS MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY
   MIDDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS REMAINING TO THE SOUTH OF
   HIGHWAY 412.

 * UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN 
   INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 
   MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
   ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
   STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY 
   ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. 

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. 

&&

$$
057 
WWUS44 KTSA 250533
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1133 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY
INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CHRISTMAS
DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40.

OKZ053-251345-
/O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.121225T0900Z-121226T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KTSA.WS.W.0002.121225T0900Z-121226T0600Z/
CHOCTAW-
1133 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 
3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHOCTAW. 

 * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN 
   EFFECT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET  IS POSSIBLE
   CHRISTMAS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE
   AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. 

 * 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH
   OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
   CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES 
   ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
   EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
   BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES.

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. 

&&

$$

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-065-066-068>076-251345-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.121225T0900Z-121226T0600Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1133 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... 
   PUSHMATAHA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE 
   FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...
   MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE
   CHRISTMAS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE
   AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

 * UP TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER
   AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
   ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
   TUESDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS
   WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL.

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. 
&&

$$

OKZ054>064-067-251345-
/O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.121225T0900Z-121226T0600Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
1133 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES... 
   DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND 
   NOWATA. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
   TO BEGIN ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
   CHRISTMAS MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY
   MIDDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS REMAINING TO THE SOUTH OF
   HIGHWAY 412.

 * UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN 
   INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 
   MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
   ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
   STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY 
   ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. 

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. 

&&

$$
705 
WWUS44 KTSA 250937
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
337 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY
INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CHRISTMAS
DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40.

ARZ001-OKZ068-252000-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
BENTON-CHEROKEE-
337 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST 
TONIGHT... 

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE LATE
   THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
   THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING SNOW AND
   REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

 * 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF
   AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT
   TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
   ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY 
   ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.

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. 

&&

$$

OKZ055>058-251045-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-
337 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER 
WEATHER ADVISORY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...CRAIG AND NOWATA. 

WINTER WEATHER WEATHER...
 * A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS
   MORNING...TRANSITIONING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE TO NO
   SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

&&

$$

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-065-066-069>076-252000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-
CHOCTAW-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-
HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
337 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...PUSHMATAHA... 
   CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE 
   FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...
   MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET
   AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE
   PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE
   AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT.

 * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH
   ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

 * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH 4 TO 8
   INCHES OF ACCUMULATION LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
   POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO CLOSED ROADS. POWER OUTAGES ARE
   POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE
   VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
   EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
   STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU...INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS
   ...BOOSTER CABLES...FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS AND EXTRA
   CLOTHING. ALSO TAKE WATER...A FIRST AID KIT...OR ANYTHING ELSE
   THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

 * 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. 

&&

$$

OKZ054-059>064-067-252000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
OSAGE-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
337 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES... 
   DELAWARE...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS
   MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY
   NORTH WINDS COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING
   SNOW.

 * 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN
   INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
   ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY 
   ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.

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. 

&&

$$
884 
WWUS44 KTSA 251625
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1025 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY... 

.PRECIPITATION WAS BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN NORTH TEXAS AND
FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AS THE WINTER STORM INTENSIFIES.  THIS
HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY.  THERE WILL BE A MIX
OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AT LOCATIONS WHEN THE RAIN 
CHANGES OVER TO WINTRY PRECIPITATION. DURING THE AFTERNOON... THE
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW. SOME OF THE
PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.

WHILE ALL THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW... THERE WILL
BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AT MOST LOCATIONS AND IT WILL LAST 
LONG ENOUGH FOR AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE TO OCCUR AS 
SOME LOCATIONS.  THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT 
IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND IN WESTERN 
ARKANSAS.

ONCE THE SNOW BECOMES THE DOMINATE PRECIPITATION...IT WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THE INCREASING
WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW WHICH WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

THE GREATEST IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND 
WESTERN ARKANSAS ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 
BERRYVILLE TO FAYETTEVILLE TO EUFAULA.  NORTH OF THIS LINE THE 
PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TO BE MORE SPOTTY...BUT ICY AND SNOW SPOTS
WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING.

.ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-065-066-069>076-260000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-
CHOCTAW-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-
HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1025 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...PUSHMATAHA...
   CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE... LE FLORE...
   LATIMER AND HASKELL... IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...
   MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE ACROSS THESE AREAS TODAY AND BECOME
   HEAVY AT TIMES. INITIALLY THERE WILL BE A WINTRY MIX OF
   FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THAT WILL BECOME ALL SNOW DURING
   THE AFTERNOON.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MUCH OF THE
   WARNING AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM AROUND THE
   MCALESTER AREA TOWARD FORT SMITH AND OZARK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
   AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY AT MANY AREAS...WITH LOCAL
   AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN THE AREAS OF
   THE HEAVIEST SNOW WHERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURS. A FEW
   POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS
   INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...
   MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * DELAY TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE
   UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL BE SURE TO PACK A
   WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES HIGH-ENERGY
   SNACKS... WATER AND A SHOVEL.

 * 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-OKZ054-059>064-067-068-260030-
/O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
BENTON-OSAGE-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-
1025 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...
   MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE AND OSAGE...AND IN ARKANSAS...BENTON.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THIS
   MORNING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME AREAS OF
   LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS
   THESE AREAS WILL BE INTERMITTENT AT BEST.

 * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM
   A TRACE TO MAYBE NEAR AN INCH AT A FEW SPOTS IN THE SOUTHERN
   PART OF THE ADVISORY AREA. 

IMPACTS...
 * THE PRECIPITATION IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE INTERMITTENT AT
   BEST...BUT ANY AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A FEW SLICK
   SPOTS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS
   INCLUDE... OSAGE...PAWNEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...
   MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING AND BE ALERT FOR SLICK SPOTS ON
   THE ROAD.

 * 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. 

&&

$$
862 
WWUS44 KTSA 251719
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1119 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY...

.PRECIPITATION WAS BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN NORTH TEXAS AND FAR
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AS THE WINTER STORM INTENSIFIES.  THIS HEAVY
PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO
PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY.  THERE WILL BE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AT LOCATIONS WHEN THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO
WINTRY PRECIPITATION. DURING THE AFTERNOON... THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.

WHILE ALL THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW... THERE WILL BE A
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AT MOST LOCATIONS AND IT WILL LAST LONG
ENOUGH FOR AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE TO OCCUR AS SOME
LOCATIONS.  THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN A FEW
POWER OUTAGES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND IN WESTERN ARKANSAS.

ONCE THE SNOW BECOMES THE DOMINATE PRECIPITATION...IT WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THE INCREASING WINDS
WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WHICH
WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

THE GREATEST IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BERRYVILLE TO
FAYETTEVILLE TO EUFAULA.  NORTH OF THIS LINE THE PRECIPITATION WILL
TEND TO BE MORE SPOTTY...BUT ICY AND SNOW SPOTS WILL OCCUR IN THESE
AREAS.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING.

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-065-066-069>076-260130-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-
CHOCTAW-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-
HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1119 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...PUSHMATAHA...
   CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE... LE FLORE
   ...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...
   MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE ACROSS THESE AREAS TODAY AND BECOME
   HEAVY AT TIMES. INITIALLY THERE WILL BE A WINTRY MIX OF
   FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THAT WILL BECOME ALL SNOW DURING
   THE AFTERNOON.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MUCH OF
   THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM AROUND THE
   MCALESTER AREA TOWARD FORT SMITH AND OZARK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
   AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY AT MANY AREAS...WITH LOCAL
   AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN THE AREAS OF
   THE HEAVIEST SNOW WHERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURS. A FEW
   POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
   ARKANSAS.

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS
   INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...
   MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * DELAY TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE
   UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL BE SURE TO PACK A
   WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES HIGH-ENERGY SNACKS...
   WATER AND A SHOVEL.

 * 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-OKZ054-059>064-067-068-260130-
/O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
BENTON-OSAGE-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-
1119 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS... 
   MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THIS
   MORNING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME AREAS OF
   LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS
   THESE AREAS WILL BE INTERMITTENT AT BEST.

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS
   INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...
   MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL.


IMPACTS...
 * A FEW SLICKS WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN
   SPOTS...OSAGE...PAWNEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...
   MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING AND BE ALERT FOR SLICK SPOTS ON
   THE ROAD.

 * 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. 

&&

$$
857 
WWUS44 KTSA 252132
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
332 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...HEAVY SNOW BAND DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS...

.A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WAS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON IN EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS TO MUSKOGEE TO NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER. THE SNOW
BAND IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO PARTS OF CARROLL COUNTY AS THE
STORM TURNS TO THE NORTHEAST. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
CARROLL COUNTY TO FORT SMITH TO NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER. THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF 
LE FLORE...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE SNOW WILL END FROM
WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.


OKZ065-066-260545-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-
332 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE AND OKMULGEE. 

 * THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THESE AREAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * OFF AND ON SNOW...MOSTLY LIGHT...WILL OCCUR INTO THE EVENING
   HOURS AND THEN END LATE THIS EVENING.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED.

IMPACTS...
 * SOME SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS ARE EXPECTED. 

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY 
   ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. 

 * 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-OKZ054-059>064-252245-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
BENTON-OSAGE-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-
332 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER 
WEATHER ADVISORY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...OSAGE 
   AND PAWNEE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON. 

 * A FEW FLURRIES OR A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE
   THIS EVENING...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-069>076-260545-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-
CHOCTAW-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-
LE FLORE-
332 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW... 
   SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. 
   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN... 
   CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE OR DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
   LINE FROM AROUND BERRYVILLE TO MUSKOGEE TO WEST OF EUFAULA. THE
   SNOW MAYBE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. INCREASING
   NORTH WINDS THAT WILL GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MUCH OF
   THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR FROM BETWEEN
   MCALESTER AND HUGO TOWARD POTEAU...FORT SMITH... GREENWOOD AND
   OZARK. THE HIGHER TERRAIN SHOULD RECEIVE THE MOST SNOW. SNOW
   AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES APPEARS MOST LIKELY ALONG THE NORTH
   EDGE OF THE WARNING AREA.


IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR LOCALLY IMPOSSIBLE. POWER
   OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.

 * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...
   FRANKLIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS
   IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT
   THAT INCLUDES HIGH-ENERGY SNACKS...EXTRA CLOTHS AND A SHOVEL.

 * 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. 

&&

$$

OKZ067-068-260545-
/O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
332 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE AND WAGONER. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND THEN END.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A DUSTING TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM
   NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
   ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. 

 * 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. 

&&

$$
216 
WWUS44 KTSA 260319
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
919 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

OKZ069>075-260430-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-
919 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER 
STORM WARNING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...MUSKOGEE...ADAIR...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... 
   MCINTOSH...LATIMER AND HASKELL. 

 * THE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED.

&&

$$

OKZ065>068-260430-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
919 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER 
WEATHER ADVISORY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...OKMULGEE...CHEROKEE AND OKFUSKEE. 

 * THE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED.

&&

$$

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-076-260600-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-
CHOCTAW-LE FLORE-
919 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA AND LE FLORE. IN ARKANSAS...
   WASHINGTON...SEBASTIAN...CARROLL...MADISON... FRANKLIN AND 
   CRAWFORD. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * SNOW WILL BE ENDING BY AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

 * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN UNDER AN
   INCH. 

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN 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. 

&&

$$
189 
WWUS44 KTSA 260600
WSWTSA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1200 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-076-260700-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T0600Z/
CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-
CHOCTAW-LE FLORE-
1200 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA AND LE FLORE. IN ARKANSAS...
   WASHINGTON...SEBASTIAN...CARROLL...MADISON... FRANKLIN AND 
   CRAWFORD. 

 * THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * COLD BLUSTERY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 3:52 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryTSACherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 9 more29 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012

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.