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Tulsa Included in Winter Weather Advisory


Tulsa is now included in the WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. The most pressing problem here will be the possibility of slick streets. The bridges and overpasses will become dangerous first. Below, you will find the text of the National Weather Service's statement:



A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...
   DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CRAIG...NOWATA...CREEK...TULSA...
   ROGERS...MAYES AND OSAGE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...WASHINGTON...
   CARROLL AND MADISON.

 * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET CONTINUE THIS
   AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
   OF INTERSTATE 44. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WITH A
   WINTRY MIX SHIFTING SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY IS
   EXPECTED TO TRANSITION MAINLY TO A SNOW...SLEET MIXTURE...
   ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF TULSA.

   RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA...SPREADING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.
   THE RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN...SLEET MIX
   ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
   LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH LINGERING LIGHT
   FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...PRIMARILY OVER PAWNEE
   ...OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND ALONG THE OKLAHOMA...KANSAS
   STATE LINE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH
   OF AN INCH ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A EUFAULA...WITTER
   LINE.

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.