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  • Salina plays ball today

    February 8, 2011

  • Election tomorrow

    February 7, 2011

  • County fair board election today

    February 5, 2011

  • Car in water at Miami

    Miami Fire and Rescue and the Oklahoma National Guard are on scene at Spring River in Ottawa County assisting with the rescue of the eight people that were in the vehicle. The car went off the turnpike bridge and into the river.

    February 3, 2011

  • Record breaking snow fall

    The current winter storm in Mayes County has become a record-breaker.

    The National Weather Service has recorded over 13.2" of snow in the Tulsa area with this storm. According to Weather Service records, the previous record snowfall was 12.9 inches which fell March 8-9, 1994. Many snowfall totals of 10-15" are being reported across the area.

    Mayes County continues to be under a blizzard warning until midnight tonight. According to the latest warning, the area will receive moderate to occasionally heavy snow with wind gusts of 35 to 40 miles per hour. Snow should begin to diminish by late afternoon. Additional snowfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches are likely with total amounts of 14 to 22 inches possible. The strong winds will produce snowdrifts of 3 to 6 feet.

    Dangerous wind chills will develop today and continue throughout tonight.

    February 1, 2011

  • BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT 
    ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...


FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...
   PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA.

    February 1, 2011

  • A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT 
    ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...


FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...
   PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS
   OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
   WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON.

 * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
   STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 14 TO 22 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE STRONG
   WINDS WILL PRODUCE SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET.

 * WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON DURING THE
   AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING
   VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES PRODUCING WHITEOUT
   CONDITIONS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND
   CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES.
   THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE.

 * COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE REPORTED...
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...
   OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...
   OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...
   MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LEFLORE...
   CARROLL...MADISON...BENTON...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY
   NECESSARY.

 * 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.

    February 1, 2011

  • Blizzard Warning Update 
    ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...
   PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN
   HOUR...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
   BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON.

 * 8 TO 16 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
   UP TO 20 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE
   SNOW DRIFTS OF 2 TO 5 FEET.

 * WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON DURING THE
   DAY TODAY...WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING
   VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES PRODUCING WHITEOUT
   CONDITIONS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND
   CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES.
   THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE.

 * ANY LOSS OF POWER WILL RESULT IN A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS...AS
   TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE
   HAMPERED BY THE ROAD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY
   NECESSARY.

 * 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.

    February 1, 2011

  • Storm warning upgraded to blizzard

    January 31, 2011

  • Winter storm update 11:15 a.m.

    January 31, 2011