TULSA — Oklahoma has already had a very active spring storm system, with records set three months running for the number of tornadoes which have formed.
Thursday, more severe weather threatened to spin up, primarily along the Oklahoma-Texas state line and pushing north and east into western Arkansas.
Meteorologist Brad McGavock at the National Weather Service Office in Tulsa told KRMG late Thursday afternoon that while the risk of severe weather in the metro exists, it’s fairly low.
“The heavy rain corridor also looks to largely be southeast of I-44, though we will get a good rain, likely, here in Tulsa,” he added.
“Definitely, the better risk of overnight and evening severe weather is going to be south of Tulsa, primarily, it looks like, along and south of Interstate 40,” McGavock said.
Predictions earlier in the week of a possible snow event haven’t panned out, he said, as temperatures won’t be low enough to allow any flakes which might fall to last very long.
The KRMG Storm Center will be monitoring the storms as a precaution.