Event: Winter Storm Watch Alert: ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND OVERSPREAD EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. AFTER A SEVERAL HOUR BREAK IN THE ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION...A SECOND BATCH WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW AND SLEET...WITH FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS SEEING MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN...WITH PERHAPS A TRANSITION TO SOME SLEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL SEE ALL PRECIPITATION TYPES...TRANSITIONING FROM A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO EVENTUALLY SNOW. * SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET...AS WELL AS ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR. IMPACTS... * ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. Instructions: * 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.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:29:56 +0000