Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Tulsa Forecast Office

ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
119 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012

…WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY AND NIGHT…

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY…HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL…HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY…NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION…
SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL APPEARS INCREASINGLY LIKELY
OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHRISTMAS
DAY INTO THE EVENING. AN STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS CHRISTMAS DAY AND WHILE THE EXACT TRACK
REMAINS UNCERTAIN…THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL
APPEARS TO BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44…WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW
ARE LIKELY. A BAND OF HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE MAIN SNOW AREA…LIKELY IMPACTING SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF I-44. GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BRING POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION
CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AS THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE OF THE
WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED AS THIS SYSTEM
APPROACHES.

A WEAKER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD AGAIN BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION
TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY WITH SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT…
A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA…AND ALL ARE URGED TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THE
WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY RESULT OVER A LARGE PORTION
OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.

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