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Winter on the Way

NWS-Tulsa

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for the Tulsa area. In extreme northeast Oklahoma, there is a WINTER STORM WARNING. Below is the text from the Tulsa Weather Office:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
508 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

OKZ054>057-059>062-064>067-070-152215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WW.Y.0004.150216T0000Z-150216T1800Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-
OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-
508 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA...
   ROGERS...MAYES...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA
   AND MUSKOGEE.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SLEET THIS
   EVENING...THEN SLEET AND SNOW OR SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.

 * UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND A TENTH INCH
   OR LESS OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
   TO NOON CST MONDAY.

IMPACTS...
 * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
   ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES.

DEFINITION...
 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY
   ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED
   ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS.