From National Weather Service, Tulsa
WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
THIS MORNING. THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A TRANSITION
TO SNOW TAKING PLACE BY EVENING. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO
INDICATED THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE-TENTH
AND ONE-QUARTER INCH. THE PRECIP WILL COME TO AN END AFTER
MIDNIGHT AS THE MID-LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE FINALLY MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.
From National Weather Service, Norman
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACTS: SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 4 OR 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* TIMING: CONTINUING FROM THE MORNING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WILL ADD STRESS TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT MAY HAVE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN…
SLEET…AND SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
&&
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OKZ006>008-011>013-017-018-023-024-027-038-039-044-045-TXZ090-
300000-
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/O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100129T1800Z/
ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-CADDO-
CANADIAN-GRADY-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CHEROKEE…MEDFORD…PONCA CITY…
FAIRVIEW…ENID…PERRY…WATONGA…KINGFISHER…ANADARKO…
YUKON…EL RENO…MUSTANG…CHICKASHA…LAWTON…DUNCAN…
WALTERS…WAURIKA…HENRIETTA
1048 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* MAIN IMPACTS: SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.
* TIMING: CONTINUING FROM THE MORNING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WILL ADD STRESS TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT MAY HAVE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN…
SLEET…OR SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
&&
$$
OKZ004-005-009-010-014>016-021-022-033>037-TXZ083>089-291800-
/O.CON.KOUN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100129T1800Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ELLIS-WOODWARD-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-
WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BUFFALO…ALVA…ARNETT…WOODWARD…
CHEYENNE…TALOGA…WEATHERFORD…CLINTON…ELK CITY…SAYRE…
CORDELL…HOLLIS…MANGUM…HOBART…ALTUS…FREDERICK…QUANAH…
CHILLICOTHE…CROWELL…VERNON…WICHITA FALLS…MUNDAY…
KNOX CITY…SEYMOUR…ARCHER CITY…HOLLIDAY…LAKESIDE CITY
1048 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ICE COATED TREE LIMBS WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK
FROM ADDITIONAL ICE AND SWAYING IN THE WIND. IN ADDITION…
MANY PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER…AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING AFTER THE STORM ENDS.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT GUSTY WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
&&
$$
OKZ048-050>052-300000-
/O.CON.KOUN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100130T0000Z/
ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATOKA…MARIETTA…MADILL…DURANT
1048 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACTS: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW WILL
DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
* TIMING: THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS UNTIL
6 PM FRIDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WILL ADD STRESS TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT MAY HAVE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN…
SLEET…AND SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
Update from Altus
Lloyd Colston is the emergency management director for the City of Altus. He said the Altus Emergency Operations Center has been on a generator for 20 hours now. The wind yesterday blew a signal light off a pole.
From National Weather Service, Tulsa
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1004 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-
ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-
MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1004 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT…
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
PUSHMATAHA…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…PITTSBURG…
SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE…LATIMER AND HASKELL.
IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…CRAWFORD…BENTON…
SEBASTIAN…CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* THE TRANSITION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO SNOW IS
TAKING PLACE GENERALLY NORTH OF A FAYETTEVILLE TO BRISTOW
LINE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. A TRANSITION FROM RAIN
TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN EVENTUAL TRANSITION TO
SNOW BY THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS…NORTH OF
A FAYETTEVILLE TO OKEMAH LINE. LESSER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-TENTH TO ONE-QUARTER OF
AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL
ARKANSAS BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TAKES PLACE.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
COULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THE ALREADY
ICE COVERED POWER LINES.
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS…
OKFUSKEE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CARROLL…MADISON…
SEBASTIAN…
COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE
REPORTED…OSAGE…WASHINGTON…NOWATA…CRAIG…OTTAWA…
PAWNEE…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…CREEK…OKMULGEE…
BENTON…WASHINGTON…CRAWFORD…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
* 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.
Some totals, thus far, from Garfield County
Mike Honigsberg, Emergency Management Director for the Enid/Garfield County, said these are the totals he’s heard so far for the snow (some may include sleet): Enid, 7 inches; Drummond, 6 inches; Hillsdale, 5 inches; Fairmont, 5 inches; Douglas, 4 inches.
Update from City of Seminole, Emergency Management
Talked with Ernie Willis, Emergency Management Director Seminole, said half of the residences in Seminole are without power. We’ve predominantly had freezing rain. Not only have they had trees limbs down, they’ve had some trees uprooted. And trees are still loaded with ice. City Hall in Seminole is a warming station.
Oklahoma Panhandle
From National Weather Service, Amarillo (includes Oklahoma Panhandle)
SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
SOME PLACES IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE MAY PICK UP ANOTHER HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION BY 300 PM. NORTH WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH
THE DAY.
Update: Short-term forecast from National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
AT 9 AM…A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW…WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BAND…HAD FORMED FROM NEAR
ARCHER CITY AND WICHITA FALLS TEXAS… TO LAWTON AND CHICKASHA
OKLAHOMA… ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA… TO CHANDLER. THIS
BAND WAS PRODUCING SNOWFALL AT RATES UP TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER
HOUR. MEANWHILE… LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WAS FALLING IN
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NEAR THE FREEZING LINE WHICH STRETCHED FROM
NEAR HOLDENVILLE TO NEAR ARDMORE. LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA…WITH LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THROUGH 11 AM… THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION BAND WILL PROGRESS
SLOWLY NORTHWARD. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO
THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LOW MIGRATES FROM WEST TEXAS ALONG THE
RED RIVER. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
Roads still slick and hazardous in the Lawton area
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol troop at Lawton said most roads throughout their area are still very slick and hazardous.
Co-worker just made it in
He said the Northwest Expressway and NW 63 snow routes were in good shape. Took about 10 minutes than usual and didn’t see any wrecks. Light traffic.
