PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK...CORRECTED FOR SNOWFALL DATE
156 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...ALL TIME OKLAHOMA RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET THIS MORNING...
...ALL TIME OKLAHOMA 24 HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD OCCURRED TUESDAY...

THE STRONG WINTER STORM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY
BROUGHT RECORD SNOWFALL FOLLOWED BY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES THIS
MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THE OKLAHOMA MESONET STATION A NOWATA REACHED A LOW TEMPERATURE OF
-31 DEGREES THIS MORNING. PENDING VERIFICATION BY NOAA`S NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THAT MARK WILL ECLIPSE THE PREVIOUS STATEWIDE
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -27 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW WAS
SET AT VINITA IN FEBRUARY 1905 AND AT WATTS IN JANUARY 1930. THE
MESONET STATIONS ARE MAINTAINED BY THE OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL
SURVEY.

NUMEROUS OTHER LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS
MORNING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH SEVERAL
LOCATIONS DROPPING BELOW THE PREVIOUS OKLAHOMA STATE RECORD.

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES READINGS THIS MORNING FROM THE MESONET AND
OTHER SURFACE OBSERVATION SITES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS INCLUDE:

NOWATA OK -31
PRYOR OK -28
BARTLESVILLE OK -28
BLACKWELL OK -27
FAYETTEVILLE AR -18
TULSA OK -12
MCALESTER OK -4

IN ADDITION TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES...RECORD SNOW FELL
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9TH 2011 AS A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVED OVER THE
REGION.

THE SPAVINAW DAM NWS CO-OP SITE MEASURED 27 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9TH 2011 FOR A 24 HOUR PERIOD. PENDING
VERIFICATION BY NOAA`S NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THAT SNOWFALL
TOTAL BREAKS THE PREVIOUS 24 HOUR OKLAHOMA STATE RECORD SNOWFALL OF
26 INCHES SET DURING THE MARCH 2009 BLIZZARD AT BOTH FREEDOM AND
WOODWARD.

IN ADDITION...SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REPORTED
SNOWFALL THAT LIKELY APPROACHED THE ARKANSAS STATE RECORD FOR 24
HOUR SNOWFALL.

BOTH THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AND SNOWFALL FROM THE FEBRUARY 9TH
2011 WINTER STORM ARE PRELIMINARY AND WILL CONTINUED TO BE
INVESTIGATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA...THE OKLAHOMA
CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.

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