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Local Severe Weather Alert for Tulsa, OK
Local Severe Weather Alert for Tulsa, OK …WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY… FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… * IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE… WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA… WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…BENTON AND CARROLL. * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH SLEET MORE COMMON FURTHER NORTH TOWARD THE KANSAS BORDER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT…WITH THE SLEET TURNING TO HEAVY SNOW ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44. ALL LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY WITH THE RISK OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ENDING BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM OKEMAH TO FAYETTEVILLE…WITH ICE AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF FURTHER NORTH. NORTH OF THE FREEZING RAIN CORRIDOR…SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD IMPACT MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE FURTHER NORTH TOWARD THE KANSAS BORDER…WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE ALL PRECIPITATION TYPES GIVEN THE GREATER TERRAIN INFLUENCES. IMPACTS… * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVIEST ICING. FURTHER NORTH…POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS IMPACT ICE COVERED POWER LINES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR POWER OUTAGES OF ONE TO FIVE DAYS…WITH MORE RURAL AREAS POSSIBLY WITHOUT POWER FOR OVER A WEEK. DEFINITION… * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… * BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES WHICH MAY LAST SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT TOUCH DOWNED LINES AND REPORT ANY POWER OUTAGES TO YOUR ELECTRIC COMPANY. * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
