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ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY…
* TIMING: RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA…WITH THE TRANSITION TO WINTER PRECIPITATION SPREADING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN…AND SOME SLEET…WILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER INCH OR ORE ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN HALF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES…WHICH COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS…ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…BE SURE YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY IF YOU LOSE
ELECTRICAL POWER. WATCH OUT FOR FALLING TREES…LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
Latest Forecast:
Today
Rain before 9am, then rain or freezing rain between 9am and noon, then freezing rain after noon. High near 34. North wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime ice accumulation of 0.2 to 0.4 of an inch possible.
Tonight
Freezing rain likely before 9pm, then rain or freezing rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 31. North wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of rain or freezing rain before 9am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 35. North wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday Night
A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 31. North wind 8 to 10 mph.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind 8 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain before midnight, then a chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 45.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.
