URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
421 AM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PITTSBURG...
CRAIG...OTTAWA...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. IN ARKANSAS...
WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY...AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES LIKELY.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE.
DEFINITION...
* A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW OR A SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR 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.