By KWGS News/National Weather Service
Tulsa, OK – THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...
CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...
LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND
FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD TO THE SOUTH
AND EAST OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A MIX OF RAIN..FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING QUICKLY TO ALL SNOW.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.
* 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN
INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6
PM CST THURSDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS MAY
APPROACH 4 INCHES.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED
ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.
* 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.