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HWOTSA

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
514 AM CST Thu Jan 9 2025

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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-
514 AM CST Thu Jan 9 2025

...IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM LIKELY TODAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY...
...ROADS LIKELY TO BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK...Elevated.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Mid Morning.

Additional Accumulations in Later Periods.

ICE ACCUMULATION.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Far Southeast Oklahoma.
ONSET...This Afternoon.

DISCUSSION...
Widespread areas of snow will spread into eastern Oklahoma by mid
to late morning and into northwest Arkansas this afternoon. Some
sleet may also occur at the onset of precipitation. Heavier bands
of snow will likely develop across southeast Oklahoma into
northwest Arkansas this evening into the overnight hours. Mixed
precipitation types, including freezing rain, sleet, and snow,
will be likely for a time late this afternoon and evening across
far southeast Oklahoma before a changeover to all snow occurs
overnight.

Snowfall totals will range from 2 to 4 inches across northeast
Oklahoma, with 4 to 6 inches of snow likely across southeast
Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Locally higher amounts will be
possible in the higher terrain of southeast Oklahoma and west
central Arkansas. The snow will begin to shift east of the region
Friday morning.

Travel may be very difficult due to snow packed roads. The
hazardous conditions may impact both this evening`s and Friday
morning commutes. Forecast details will continue to be refined,
including updated areas where the winter weather impacts will be
highest.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
FRIDAY...Winter Weather Potential.
SATURDAY through WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
The snow will end Friday morning, with dry weather then expected
through the middle of next week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

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