... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 7 PM CDT Sunday...
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... Choctaw... 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...
* widespread sleet and snow are ongoing northwest of a line from
Miami to McAlester... with reports of up to 5 inches of snow
in Osage and Pawnee counties. The sleet and snow will continue
to expand eastward through the afternoon hours... with a decrease
in snow intensity likely during the early evening hours. The
next round of heavy snow will develop later tonight and continue
through Sunday... with the heaviest amounts impacting far
eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. The snow will taper
off late Sunday afternoon.
* Snow accumulations of 10 to 14 inches are forecast for far
northeast Oklahoma into far northwest Arkansas. An area of 5 to
9 inches will surround the axis of heaviest snow... and include
both the Tulsa and Fort Smith metropolitan areas. South of
Interstate 40 snow amounts of 3 to 5 inches are forecast.
Impacts...
* travel has become very hazardous across portions of northeast
Oklahoma... and travel conditions will worsen with time further
south and east. Isolated power outages are likely as heavy
wet snow combines with northerly winds of 20 to 30 mph to stress
trees and power lines.
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.