NWS Forecast Office Tulsa, OK

Dangerously cold wind chills are expected beginning Friday night and continuing through Monday. This can cause frostbite and burst pipes if precautionary actions are not taken. Please avoid outdoor activities, wrap exposed pipes, drip faucets, and make sure outdoor animals have shelter, food and water.

Severe snow and sleet totals are forecast across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Dangerous road conditions will develop beginning by Friday evening and continuing through Sunday night. Travel will become nearly impossible at times. Make preparations for prolonged road impacts as travel will remain difficult well into next week.

Dangerously cold conditions are expected Friday night to Monday. Subzero wind chills are likely, especially across northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.

Impactful winter precipitation will begin Friday across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. While light precipitation may start as early as noon across northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas, the heaviest and most impactful precipitation will not begin until Friday evening. Winter precipitation will continue into Sunday with impacts lasting into next week.

A high impact winter storm will affect eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas this weekend. Temperatures will be slow to moderate, meaning the impacts from the storm will linger into next week.

KINX (Inola, OK) radar loop.