FXUS64 KTSA 250328
AFDTSA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
928 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SNOWFALL BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST AND SHOULD START 
ENDING FROM THE WEST AROUND MIDNIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER 
INTO FRIDAY MORNING IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS NORTHWEST 
ARKANSAS. WINDS REMAIN BRISK AND GUSTY AND WILL ONLY SLIGHTLY 
DIMINISH UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. 

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE VARIED FROM 2 TO 4 
INCHES UP TO A LITTLE OVER A FOOT. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS REPORTED 
WERE IN WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY. A WIDE SWATH ACROSS THE BLIZZARD 
AREA REPORTED 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF THE 
SNOW. 

HAVE LEFT THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS AS IS. 
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE OR TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER AREAS 
WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES MORE STILL POSSIBLE NORTH 
OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA 
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 SHOULD SEE AROUND 
AND INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. 

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
     OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ070-OKZ071.

     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ069-
     OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...03
LONG TERM....15