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FLUS44 KTSA 031729
HWOTSA

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1129 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

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ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
1129 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER LIKELY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

POOR VISIBILITY.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY.
ONSET...ONGOING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER MILE ACROSS PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND IN THE
ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND FAR EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. VISIBILITIES SHOULD IMPROVE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...
                      DANGEROUS WIND CHILL POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY MORNING
AND MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL
BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE REGION...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT BEGINNING THURSDAY. ALL FORMS OF
WINTER PRECIPITATION ARE POSSIBLE...ICE...SLEET AND SNOW.
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AS WELL AS SLEET AND
SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND ENDS SOMETIME ON FRIDAY.
BASED ON THE LATEST DATA...THE AREA WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
SUBSTANTIAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE FROM SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. POWER OUTAGES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION...AND THIS WOULD
CERTAINLY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SATURDAY IS LOOKING COLD AND DRY AT THIS TIME...WITH ANOTHER ROUND
OF MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
PRECIPITATION.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL TO AROUND ZERO TO 5 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO BY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR A BUSY WEEK AHEAD...AS
WINTER WEATHER WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE ENTIRE REGION THURSDAY AND
INTO THE WEEKEND. TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE LIKELY AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE. SHELTERS MAY BE NEEDED DUE TO THE VERY COLD WEATHER
EXPECTED OVER A LONGER DURATION.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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