By National Weather Service/KWGS News
Tulsa, OK –
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...
CRAIG...NOWATA...CREEK...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...
MAYES AND OSAGE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...WASHINGTON...CARROLL
AND MADISON.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE MONDAY AFTERNOON
INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
DEFINITION...
* A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW OR A SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA
DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE
SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST
THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM.