BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 224 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...PAWNEE AND OSAGE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * RAIN WAS CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST
   ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA.  HEAVY SNOW WAS DEVELOPING
   IN WESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AT EARLY AFTERNOON AND
   THIS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  SNOWFALL WILL BE
   HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATION RATES
   AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS.
 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL WILL TOTAL 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS
   MUCH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA.  LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES
   ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AND IN A
   ZONE FROM AROUND OKEMAH TO THE OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI
   BORDERS.
 * WIND GUST VALUES OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE
   COUNTIES WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF
   THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA.  THESE WINDS PRODUCE MINOR WIND
   DAMAGE AND COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED POWER LINES.
 * VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE
   REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED
   SURFACES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE
   STRONG WINDS.
 * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...
   PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE
   BLIZZARD WARNING AREA.  DO NOT TRAVEL AFTER THE SNOW INCREASES
   IN YOUR AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
 * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
   FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
   ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND
   AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 127 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
 ONSET...ONGOING IN PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ICE ACCUMULATION.
RISK...LIMITED.
 AREA...NORTHEAST OF A BARTLESVILLE TO TULSA TO FORT SMITH LINE.
ONSET...AFTER 3PM.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN TO TRANSITION TO SNOW IN AREAS WEST OF
HIGHWAY 75...WITH A BAND OF SLEET JUST EAST OF THAT. RAIN IN FAR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL
GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET THEN ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
ESPECIALLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 69 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE SNOWFALL
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES
EXPECTED IN ONE OR MORE BANDS. A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE FURTHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND BECOME DANGEROUS BY
TONIGHT. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS
VALUES WILL MAKE ANY OUTDOOR EXPOSURE HAZARDOUS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS ISSUED BY
WFO TULSA...OKCWSWTSA...FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO
SLEET OR SNOW...ALONG WITH FREQUENT SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS.
PLEASE RELAY THESE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY ALONG WITH A
FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA BORDER.  WIND CHILL
VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW AND OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED
ON FRIDAY.  COLD AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW ARRIVING BY TUESDAY.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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