URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 259 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 OKZ004>032-035-038>048-050>052-TXZ086-089-090-012200- /O.NEW.KOUN.WW.Y.0010.140302T0000Z-140303T0300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-KIOWA-COMANCHE-STEPHENS- GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON- ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-WICHITA-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... HOLDENVILLE...HOBART...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR... ADA...COALGATE...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO... ATOKA...MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT...WICHITA FALLS... ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 259 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THEN DEVELOP SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA A TRANSITION TO SLEET IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY THEN SNOW BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: MAINLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER... A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE AS MUCH AS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. IN ADDITION... SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS: ALONG WITH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION... GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL. EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW CAN MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DANGEROUS. && $$
Posted on: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:22:21 +0000