The National Weather Service in Tulsa has posted a WINTER STORM WARNING for all of the KWGS Listening area. The Warning goes into effect at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. Below, you may read the text of the warning as it was transmitted by the NWS:
.WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... * THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A SEVERAL HOUR BREAK IN MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW AND SLEET TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW. FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL SEE MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE A TRANSITION TO SLEET FRIDAY. LOCATIONS IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL SEE ALL PRECIPITATION TYPES...TRANSITIONING FROM A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO JUST SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW. * THE COUNTIES IN THIS WARNING CAN EXPECT UPWARDS OF FIVE INCHES OF SNOW...OR...A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW AND AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.