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With icy weather predicted, Oklahoma braces for slick streets

 
BY MICHAEL KIMBALL | Published: January 26, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Rain and freezing rain are in Oklahoma’s forecast through midweek, but ice accumulation will depend on how cold it is and for how long the rain falls, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.

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Alert: The weather service issued a winter storm watch in advance of the storms. The affected area is mostly along and near the Interstate 44 corridor. The watch is effective until Tuesday afternoon and covers Adair, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Latimer, Lincoln, Logan, Mayes, McClain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties.

Forecast: The high in Oklahoma City today is expected to be 33, with east-northeast winds at 10 to 13 mph. A 60 percent chance of rain or freezing rain exists, but little or no accumulation is expected.

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Roadways throughout the state and in the Oklahoma City metro area, especially on bridges and overpasses, could be slick and dangerous as early as this morning, meteorologist Chris Sohl said.

And although the metro area is northwest of the "sweet spot,” where Sohl said conditions for ice accumulation will be ripe, up to a quarter-inch of ice is possible throughout the state.

In some areas where it may be coldest, precipitation is less likely, and in areas of Oklahoma where the most rain is forecast, temperatures may hover above freezing, Sohl said.

"It’s a fine line, especially on power lines, which are small enough that a change of couple of degrees for a few minutes could lead to ice accumulation,” Sohl said. "But the area that is probably most at risk for it ... is south and east of the metro.”

Cold temperatures will remain through Wednesday, and Gulf moisture arriving this morning will bring the rain, Sohl said.

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