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A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA... CHEROKEE... ADAIR... CREEK... OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE... WAGONER... TULSA... ROGERS... MAYES... DELAWARE... PAWNEE... OTTAWA... WASHINGTON... OSAGE... CRAIG... NOWATA... MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. IN ARKANSAS... WASHINGTON... MADISON... BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON... AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS... WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF EITHER SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A TRANSITION FROM SLEET TO SNOW IS EXPECTED BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS LIKELY DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THIS WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED IN TIME SHOULD THE HEAVIER SNOWS PERSIST LATER INTO FRIDAY. * AN AREA OF DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATION FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA... LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME MORE COMMON NORTHWARD... WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE NEARER THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA BORDER WHERE 3 TO 6 INCH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO UTILITY LINES ARE LIKELY... AND POWER OUTAGES SHOULD BE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE ZONE OF HEAVIER ICE ACCUMULATIONS. POWER OUTAGES FROM ONE TO FIVE DAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND RURAL AREAS MAY LOSE POWER FOR OVER A WEEK.
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