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Wintry precip expected in Tulsa Tuesday evening

TULSA — The evening commute could be dicey, because it may be icy.

That’s the word from the National Weather Service, although most of the precipitation should stay south of the metro.

What does fall in the city, however, will not help commuters arrive safely at their destination.

“It’ll be pretty much a wintry mix,” Brad McGavock at the Tulsa NWS office told KRMG. “It’s gonna predominantly start as a freezing rain/sleet mix, then it may change over to a sleet-like snow mix before it all ends.”

One bright spot in the forecast, he said, is that the precipitation totals for Tulsa look fairly light.

So while it’ll be a potential problem for drivers, the area shouldn’t see much impact to limbs or power lines.

As for the timing, he believes it’ll be late afternoon before anything frozen falls.

“The highest chances actually will probably hold off until after 5:00, probably between 5:00 and 10:00 (pm),” he said. “It’ll kind of spread up from the south, probably not get into the Tulsa metro until the afternoon hours.”

The City of Tulsa has plans in place to pretreat roads and bridges, and the KRMG StormCenter will activate if necessary.

KRMG will also have live reports from the roads throughout the afternoon and early evening Tuesday.

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