Alert archive / Oklahoma / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2013, 4:41 AM CST for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2013, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 29 hr. 15 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
- Feb 20, 2013, 4:41 AM CST (10:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2013, 11:24 AM CST
- In force
- 29 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, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 8:48 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Okemah, OK | SNOWING HEAVILY. ABOUT 1 INCH COVERING THE GROUND INCLUDING ROADWAYS. |
| Feb 20, 10:36 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Okmulgee, OK | |
| Feb 20, 10:55 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Checotah, OK | 602 NW 1ST...STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 20, 10:55 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Weleetka, OK | |
| Feb 20, 11:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 N Bunch, OK | |
| Feb 20, 11:56 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 W Muskogee, OK | HEAVY SNOW FROM 830 TO 1045 |
| Feb 20, 12:59 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Grove, OK | |
| Feb 20, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Fayetteville, AR | 1.4 INCHES MEASURED BY FAYETTEVILLE SNOW OBSERVER. |
| Feb 20, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 Nne Bella Vista, AR | COCORAHS OBSERVATION |
| Feb 20, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 2 Ese Decatur, AR | COCORAHS OBSERVATION...SNOW ACCUMULATED TO 1.2 IN THEN QUICKLY MELTED TO TRACE AMOUNTS. |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Huntsville, AR | UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON CAR AND ALSO ON GRASS AND TREES |
| Feb 21, 6:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Bella Vista, AR | SMALL LIMBS BEGINNING TO BREAK OF TREES. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Bella Vista, AR | A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON CAR |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Ese Decatur, AR | COCORAHS OBSERVATION...OVERNIGHT RAIN TURNED TO FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 0.1 IN. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO POWER LINES OR TREES AT 730AM OB TIME. THIRD ROUND OF RAIN WAS OCCURRING AT OB TIME. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 5 Nw Berryville, AR | HALF INCH OF ICE ON ROADS AND TREES ON HIGHWAY 143 AND HIGHWAY 62 FROM STATE LINE TO BERRYVILLE |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WWUS44 KTSA 201041 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 441 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-202200- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.130220T1200Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KTSA.WS.A.0001.130221T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN- 441 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS MORNING...WITH RAIN MIXING IN DURING THE AFTERNOON. EARLY DAY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY WILL LESSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO LIGHT RAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND IMPACT THE ICE BURDENED POWER GRID. POWER OUTAGES SPANNING MULTIPLE DAYS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST ICING. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * READY SUPPLIES FOR POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES...INCLUDING BATTERY POWERED RADIOS...SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING...AND A BACK UP HEAT SOURCE. * 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. && $$ OKZ054>059-063-202200- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.130220T1200Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130221T1800Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE- 441 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG... NOWATA AND PAWNEE. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING...BEFORE LESSENING DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO BE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. ALSO UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND STRESS ANY ICE COVERED POWER LINES. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * READY FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES INCLUDING HAVING BATTERY POWERED RADIOS...SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING...AND A BACK UP HEAT SOURCE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ029-OKZ065-071-074-076-202200- /O.EXB.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.130220T1200Z-130221T1800Z/ SEBASTIAN-OKFUSKEE-MCINTOSH-HASKELL-LE FLORE- 441 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...LE FLORE AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...SEBASTIAN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE PRECIPITATION LESSENS WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME MELTING. ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ARE BOTH LIKELY...WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR FREEZING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CURRENTLY...ANY ICING AMOUNTS APPEAR LIGHT TO BE LIGHT DURING THIS TIMEFRAME HOWEVER SHOULD THE FORECAST TEMPERATURES TURN COLDER THEN ICING AMOUNTS WOULD BE INCREASED. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN AND DIMINISH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE LIKELY BY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ OKZ060>062-064-066>070-072-202200- /O.EXT.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.130220T1200Z-130221T1800Z/ TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- SEQUOYAH- 441 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...SEQUOYAH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST AND OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO TOWARD A RAIN AND SNOW MIX DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING DURING THIS TIMEFRAME...WHICH MAY CONFINE THE SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION TO GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LESSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. AGAIN...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN NEAR FREEZING WHICH WILL IMPACT THE DEGREE OF ICING. SHOULD THE FORECAST TEMPERATURES TURN COLDER...THEN THE AMOUNT OF ICING WILL INCREASE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT RAIN AND END BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE LIKELY BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND LIKELY CONFINED TO ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. ADDITIONAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALLOW FOR AROUND ONE TENTH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 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. 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
300 WWUS44 KTSA 201406 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 806 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-OKZ054>059-063-202300- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-OSAGE- WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE- 806 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE... CRAIG AND NOWATA. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CRAWFORD...BENTON...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...WITH RAIN MIXING IN DURING THE AFTERNOON. EARLY DAY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 AND ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY WILL LESSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS STATE LINE AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO LIGHT RAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES...ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WITHIN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND IMPACT THE ICE BURDENED POWER GRID. POWER OUTAGES SPANNING MULTIPLE DAYS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST ICING. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * READY SUPPLIES FOR POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES...INCLUDING BATTERY POWERED RADIOS...SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING...AND A BACK UP HEAT SOURCE. * 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. && $$ OKZ073-075-202300- /O.EXA.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ PITTSBURG-LATIMER- 806 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PITTSBURG AND LATIMER. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIDESPREAD SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...WITH A TREND TOWARD A RAIN SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION DECREASES. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND WHILE IT IS LIKELY TO REMAIN MOSTLY RAIN...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WHICH WOULD FAVOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATION. * 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY TODAY PRIMARILY ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. DEFINITION... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ029-OKZ060>062-064>072-074-076-202300- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ SEBASTIAN-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LE FLORE- 806 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH... MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...SEBASTIAN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST AND OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO TOWARD A RAIN AND SNOW MIX DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING DURING THIS TIMEFRAME...WHICH MAY CONFINE THE SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION TO GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LESSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. AGAIN...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN NEAR FREEZING WHICH WILL IMPACT THE DEGREE OF ICING. SHOULD THE FORECAST TEMPERATURES TURN COLDER...THEN THE AMOUNT OF ICING WILL INCREASE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT RAIN AND END BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE LIKELY BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND LIKELY CONFINED TO ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. ADDITIONAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALLOW FOR AROUND ONE TENTH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 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. 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. && $$
419 WWUS44 KTSA 201526 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 926 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 OKZ065-066-070-071-202330- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.130220T2200Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 926 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOWFALL DURING THE DAY TODAY WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATIONS... EVEN ON ROADWAYS THAT REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. AS SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER TODAY... PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SLEET OR RAIN. IN ADDITION... ONCE SNOWFALL DECREASES OR STOPS... QUICK MELTING ON ROADWAYS SHOULD OCCUR. * BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * A QUARTER INCH OR LESS OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY. 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... TULSA...ROGERS...CREEK...OKMULGEE... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTERY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. 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. * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. && $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-OKZ054>059-063-202330- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-OSAGE- WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE- 926 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE... CRAIG AND NOWATA. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CRAWFORD...BENTON...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...WITH RAIN MIXING IN DURING THE AFTERNOON. EARLY DAY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 AND ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY WILL LESSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS STATE LINE AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO LIGHT RAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES...ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WITHIN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$ ARZ029-OKZ060>062-064-067>069-072>076-202330- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ SEBASTIAN-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH- PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 926 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...SEBASTIAN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIDESPREAD SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...WITH A TREND TOWARD A RAIN SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION DECREASES. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND WHILE IT IS LIKELY TO REMAIN MOSTLY RAIN...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WHICH WOULD FAVOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATION. * 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY TODAY PRIMARILY ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... TULSA...ROGERS...CREEK...OKMULGEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
290 WWUS44 KTSA 202224 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 424 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 OKZ065-066-070-071-210630- /O.EXP.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 424 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. 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. 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. && $$ ARZ029-OKZ072-210630- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ SEBASTIAN-SEQUOYAH- 424 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZIN RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...SEQUOYAH. IN ARKANSAS...SEBASTIAN. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH MAY OCCUR...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-OKZ054>059-063-210630- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-OSAGE- WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE- 424 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE... CRAIG AND NOWATA. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CRAWFORD...BENTON...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH MAY OCCUR...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER INCH EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 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... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR... MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...MADISON...BENTON... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... 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. && $$ OKZ060>062-064-067>069-073>076-210630- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- 424 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...PITTSBURG...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
817 WWUS44 KTSA 210105 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 705 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 OKZ076-210915- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ LE FLORE- 705 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...LE FLORE. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LE FLORE COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF POTEAU. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL PUT STRESS ON ANY ICE COATED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. 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. 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. && $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>059-063-072-210915- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE-SEQUOYAH- 705 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE... CRAIG...NOWATA AND SEQUOYAH. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON... MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. * THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND POSSIBLY FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL PUT STRESS ON ANY ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...DELAWARE... SEQUOYAH...MADISON...BENTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ OKZ060>062-064-067>069-073>075-210915- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER- 705 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...PITTSBURG...LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. 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... TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...WAGONER... CHEROKEE...ADAIR...HASKELL... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... PITTSBURG...LATIMER... 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. && $$ OKZ065-066-070-071-210915- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 705 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... OKMULGEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... OKFUSKEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
923 WWUS44 KTSA 210345 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 945 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 OKZ068-069-074-211145- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-ADAIR-HASKELL- 945 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR AND HASKELL. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL PUT STRESS ON ANY ICE COATED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. 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... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...MADISON...BENTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ OKZ070-211145- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ MUSKOGEE- 945 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...MUSKOGEE. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL PUT STRESS ON ANY ICE COATED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...MADISON...BENTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>059-063-072-076-211145- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE-SEQUOYAH- LE FLORE- 945 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE... CRAIG...NOWATA...SEQUOYAH AND LE FLORE. IN ARKANSAS... WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN BY MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL PUT STRESS ON ANY ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. 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... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...MADISON...BENTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE... 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. && $$ OKZ060>062-064-067-073-075-211145- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-PITTSBURG-LATIMER- 945 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES... PITTSBURG AND LATIMER. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET LATE THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...MADISON...BENTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER... LEFLORE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ OKZ065-066-071-211145- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MCINTOSH- 945 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE AND MCINTOSH. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET LATE THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. 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... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES... DELAWARE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...MADISON...BENTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED... TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER... LEFLORE... 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. && $$
190 WWUS44 KTSA 211031 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 431 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>059-063-068>070-072-074-076- 211800- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LE FLORE- 431 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...SEQUOYAH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THINS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY SUNRISE. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL RESULT WITH AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS. AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH A HALF INCH ACROSS CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN WILL END ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY LATE THIS MORNING AND ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY MID AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL PUT STRESS ON ANY ICE COATED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION BACK TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE MORNING IN AREAS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OSAGE...PAWNEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. 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... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...MAYES...DELAWARE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... HASKELL...SEBASTIAN...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...OKFUSKEE... PITTSBURG...LATIMER...LEFLORE...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...CARROLL...MADISON...BENTON... WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN... 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. && $$ OKZ060>062-064-067-073-075-211800- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-PITTSBURG-LATIMER- 431 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES... PITTSBURG AND LATIMER. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING WITH ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS REMAINING LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID MORNING AND END BY AFTERNOON. 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... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...MAYES...DELAWARE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... HASKELL...SEBASTIAN...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...OKFUSKEE... PITTSBURG...LATIMER...LEFLORE... 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. && $$ OKZ065-066-071-211800- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MCINTOSH- 431 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE AND MCINTOSH. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO ALL RAIN BY MID MORNING AND ENDS BY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...MAYES...DELAWARE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... HASKELL...SEBASTIAN...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...OKFUSKEE... PITTSBURG...LATIMER...LEFLORE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
800
WWUS44 KTSA 211620
WSWTSA
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1020 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>059-063-068>070-072-074-076-
211800-
/O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LE FLORE-
1020 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...SEQUOYAH...MUSKOGEE...LE
FLORE AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...
CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY IN CARROLL
AND MADISON COUNTIES WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN THE
COLDEST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE HALF INCH WILL BE LIKELY
IN THESE AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL
AREAS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK INTO
PAWNEE...OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
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...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...TULSA...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...CREEK...
SEQUOYAH...CARROLL...MADISON...BENTON...WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...
SEBASTIAN...
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.
&&
$$
OKZ060>062-064-067-073-075-211800-
/O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-PITTSBURG-LATIMER-
1020 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...
PITTSBURG AND LATIMER.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY NOON.
* LIGHT AMOUNTS OF ICE OR SLEET WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...HOWEVER
NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...TULSA...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...ROGERS...COUNTIES WHERE
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...
CREEK...SEQUOYAH...CARROLL...MADISON...BENTON...WASHINGTON...
FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED
ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER
EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
&&
$$
OKZ065-066-071-211800-
/O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/
OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MCINTOSH-
1020 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE AND MCINTOSH.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY NOON.
* LIGHT AMOUNTS OF ICE OR SLEET WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...HOWEVER
NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
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...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...TULSA...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...
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.
&&
$$268 WWUS44 KTSA 211724 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1124 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ARZ001-002-011-OKZ054-059-212300- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0005.130221T1724Z-130221T2300Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-MADISON-OSAGE-PAWNEE- 1124 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE AND PAWNEE. IN ARKANSAS...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A FEW LINGERING AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SNOW...MIXED WILL SLEET WILL MOVE BACK INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE... PAWNEE...CREEK...SEQUOYAH...CARROLL...MADISON...BENTON... WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN... DEFINITION... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ010-019-020-029-OKZ055>058-063-068>070-072-074-076-211830- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ WASHINGTON AR-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG- OTTAWA-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LE FLORE- 1124 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...DELAWARE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...CRAIG...NOWATA...SEQUOYAH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN. * THE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED. && $$ OKZ060>062-064-067-073-075-211830- /O.CAN.KTSA.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-WAGONER-PITTSBURG-LATIMER- 1124 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES... PITTSBURG AND LATIMER. * THE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED. && $$ OKZ065-066-071-211830- /O.CAN.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MCINTOSH- 1124 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE AND MCINTOSH. * THE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED. && $$
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 Feb 20, 4:25 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 4:25 AM CST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
425 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013
.DISCUSSION...
VERY COMPLICATED WINTER WEATHER FORECAST IS SHAPING UP OVER THE
NEXT 36 HOURS WITH POSSIBILITY OF BOTH HEAVY SNOWFALL TODAY ACROSS
NE OKLAHOMA AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACROSS NW ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. ALSO...THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACROSS NE OKLAHOMA
LATE TONIGHT AND THU MORNING IS LOOKING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY
NEAR KS/MO BORDERS. PREVIOUS WATCH WILL BE CONVERTED TO WARNING
AND WILL ALSO UPGRADE ADVISORY TO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MOST OK
COUNTIES. FINALLY...ADVISORY WILL BE EXPANDED TODAY A ROW OF
COUNTIES SOUTH TO INCLUDE FSM AREA.
POWERFUL UPPER LOW APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS AS EXPECTED THIS
MORNING WITH INITIAL SURGE OF WARM ADVECTION PRECIP PREDICTABLY
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. VERY DRY AIR AT LOW LEVELS WILL INHIBIT THE
EXPANSION OF PRECIP INTO FAR NE AREAS A GOOD PART OF THE DAY...
BUT ALONG THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF PRECIP THERE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
WET BULB COOLING TO CHANGE PRECIP TO SLEET AND SNOW. IT APPEARS AS
THOUGH AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF TULSA WILL REMAIN MOSTLY
SNOW WITH TULSA AREA ON THE BORDERLINE...AND GIVEN INTENSITY OF
SNOWFALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP A QUICK 4-6 INCHES OVER
OSAGE/PAWNEE WITH AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE TEMPERED BY MIXED PRECIP. OF
COURSE A SMALL CHANGE IN TEMP PROFILE IN EITHER DIRECTION COULD
STILL WREAK HAVOC WITH THE FORECAST AND THIS IS BY NO MEANS A DONE
DEAL.
AFTER A BIT OF A LULL IN PRECIP LATER TODAY THE LOW LEVEL WINDS
WILL REALLY BEGIN TO RESPOND TO THE APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM WITH
A STRONG 60-70 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA BY 12Z
THURSDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VERY STRONG WARM
LAYER ALOFT WHILE EASTERLY SFC WINDS KEEP COLD AIR IN PLACE. A
DISTURBING TREND IN LATEST MODELS IS FOR SFC TEMPS TO REMAIN A BIT
COLDER WITH FREEZING TEMPS TONIGHT AS FAR SOUTH AS I-40 PER THE
06Z NAM. WARM NOSE WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AT LEAST SCATTERED
CONVECTIVE CELLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE PRECIP RATES. GOES WITHOUT
SAYING (BUT I'LL SAY IT ANYWAY) THAT SFC TEMPS WILL BE CRITICAL IN
DETERMINING ICE ACCUM TONIGHT/THU AM AND STILL LOOKS LIKE MOST
LIKELY AREA TO SEE PROLONGED PERIOD OF TEMPS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW
FREEZING WILL BE NW ARKANSAS AND FAR NORTHERN OK...THUS THE
UPGRADE TO A WARNING. CLOSE CALL ELSEWHERE AND THIS FORECAST WILL
CERTAINLY BE UPDATED AND NEEDS TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY MOVE OUT THU AFTERNOON WITH SFC TEMPS FINALLY
WARMING ABOVE FREEZING IN ALL AREAS...THOUGH NOT BY MUCH IN FAR NW
ARKANSAS. COLD TEMPS ACROSS THE NORTH THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY
ESPECIALLY IF SNOW COVER CAN SURVIVE...IN FACT ANY AREAS WITH SNOW
COULD SEE TEMPS DIP INTO SINGLE DIGITS FRI MORNING.
WEAK SYSTEM COULD BRING A FEW SNOW SHOWERS/FLURRIES SATURDAY
FOLLOWED BY A GOOD WARM UP ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF NEXT STRONG UPPER
LOW IN ACTIVE PATTERN. THIS SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE LESS COLD AIR
TO DEAL WITH AND THUS SHOULD BE A RAIN EVENT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 35 32 40 23 / 100 100 100 10
FSM 37 31 41 30 / 100 100 100 10
MLC 37 34 53 28 / 100 90 80 10
BVO 34 31 37 18 / 90 100 100 10
FYV 34 30 38 23 / 90 90 100 10
BYV 35 28 36 25 / 50 90 100 20
MKO 36 32 43 25 / 100 100 90 10
MIO 35 30 37 21 / 50 100 100 20
F10 36 32 46 25 / 100 100 80 10
HHW 43 36 57 30 / 100 90 90 10
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-
OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ063.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR OKZ060-OKZ061-
OKZ062-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ074-OKZ076.
AR...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-
ARZ010-ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...07
LONG TERM....14Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:50 PM CST, 11 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
450 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201100-
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-
450 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013
...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...AFTER 3 AM.
DISCUSSION...
PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES INITIALLY WILL BE COLD ENOUGH ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO SUPPORT THE THREAT FOR A WINTRY MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR SNOW AFTER 3 AM. NO SIGNIFICANT WINTER
WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...
HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...
HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. MOST OF THIS ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO
NOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF
HIGHWAY 75. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE ABOVE FREEZING
PRIOR TO THE PRECIPITATION STARTING...BUT THEN COOL QUICKLY
ALLOWING THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW AND SLEET ONCE THE PRECIPITATION
BECOMES HEAVIER. THIS TYPE OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE CAN MAKE FOR
WIDELY VARYING SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL
TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING BRIEFLY.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL MARK THE SECOND ROUND
OF WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. WIDESPREAD
AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND EXIT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AGAIN...
LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE KEY IN DETERMINING THE PRECIPITATION
TYPE...WITH AREAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS BORDER...FAR
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THE MOST LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER. A LESSER POTENTIAL EXISTS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...DEPENDING ON
WHETHER TEMPERATURES CAN DROP BELOW FREEZING OR NOT.
CURRENTLY...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN APPEAR THE MOST LIKELY
WEATHER TYPES FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
ALSO...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE EXPERIENCING INTENSE LIFT WHICH WILL
NOT ONLY ALLOW FOR AREAS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION...BUT ALSO ALLOW
FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
THE WEATHER SCENARIO DESCRIBED ABOVE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY WOULD ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIMARILY
ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS SAME TIME FRAME. THE COMBINATION OF ANY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL IMPACT THE POWER GRID ACROSS
WESTERN ARKANSAS AND POSSIBLY FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WITH HIGH
IMPACTS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WHILE THE FORECAST
WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED...THE PREPARATIONS FOR PROLONGED
POWER OUTAGES SHOULD BEGIN NOW ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CONSIDER MOBILIZING POWER
GENERATION ASSETS.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 412...SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:26 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 26 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.