Winter Storm Warning
Issued by the National Weather Service at 3:29 PM CST on February 8, 2010
... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until midnight CST
tonight...
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect...
for the following counties...
* in Oklahoma... Adair... Sequoyah and Le Flore. In Arkansas...
Benton... Sebastian... Washington... Carroll... Madison... Crawford
and Franklin.
Hazardous weather...
* an inch or two of additional snow remains possible but the
ongoing winter storm is winding down as the upper level system
moves east of the area. Any measurable snowfall is expected to
end by midnight.
* An additional one to two inches of snow can be expected although
melting of the snow will continue through the evening until
temperatures fall below freezing.
Impacts...
* travel will become hazardous as any slush or water freezes on
Road surfaces. Spotty power outages are still possible in some
areas.
* Counties where it was reported that roads were slick in spots...
Osage... Pawnee... Tulsa... Rogers... Creek... Okfuskee... Okmulgee...
Wagoner... Cherokee... Adair... Muskogee... McIntosh... Sequoyah...
Pittsburg... Haskell... Latimer... Leflore... Carroll... Benton...
Washington... Crawford... Franklin... Sebastian...
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.
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Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 9:44 am CST on February 8, 2010
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flood Watch for
the Poteau river near Panama
* until Tuesday evening.
* At 9:30 am Monday the stage was 19.4 feet.
* Flood stage is 29.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river may rise to near flood stage Tuesday afternoon
if the expected rain and snowfall occurs. Listen for later forecasts
and possible warnings.
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