The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING for much of eastern Oklahoma. The WARNING includes all of Tulsa County. Below you will find the text, as issued, by the Weather Service Office in Tulsa:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 626 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ060-064>076-242000- /O.CON.KTSA.WS.W.0002.121225T1800Z-121226T0600Z/ CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-TULSA- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 626 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE... LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON... MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN... CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...QUICKLY MIXING WITH SLEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY CHRISTMAS DAY INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO CLOSED ROADS. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * PERSONS SHOULD PLAN ON TRAVEL DELAYS DUE TO SLICK SNOW PACKED ROADS. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED. PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER TRAVELING TODAY OR TONIGHT...IF POSSIBLE...AHEAD OF THE WINTER STORM. * IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU...INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS ...BOOSTER CABLES...FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING. ALSO TAKE WATER...A FIRST AID KIT...OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. * MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM.