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Local Severe Weather Alert for Tulsa, OK
Local Severe Weather Alert for Tulsa, OK (74133) …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT… FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… * IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE… WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…SEQUOYAH… WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * BANDS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET…THEN SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST BAND CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO BE NEAR AN OKFUSKEE…WAGONER…SPRINGDALE…BERRYVILLE LINE. THE HEAVIER SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTHEAST OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED IN THE UPCOMING DAYS. IMPACTS… * ROADS…BRIDGES…AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN THE WATCH AREA…MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN BANDS. DEFINITION… * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW AND A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… * CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS THURSDAY. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD…WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM.
