Saturday, December 21, 2013

Ice storm remains in effect for northeast Oklahoma

(From the National Weather Service)

ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
   DAY. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES.

 * ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
   EXPECTED.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
   OVERPASSES. TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE DOWNED AND
   WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

 * COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...
   WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...
   DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK
   BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...

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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