Winter Storm Continues East

    As the winter storm system as moved out the OK area it has left behind a thick layer of ice covered in snow making for dangerous travel on roadways.  Tulsa has been reported to have received 6.4" of snow on Friday, while Skiatook and Owasso topped the list for the area with around 7".  Gov. Brad Henry requested a federal disaster declaration for all of Oklahoma, where around 164,000 businesses and homes were without power on Friday.  The ice on the roadways has begun to melt in areas of high traffic making driving conditions better than they were but still hazardous on many untraveled streets.  Overnight temps will drop to the teens which will freeze the roadways again leaving for a dangerous Sunday morning.  As the storm has moved east it has continued to drop large amounts of snow, there has been nearly a foot of snow reported for parts of Western NC.

Here is an example of the ice that has been built up on homes in the Tulsa area.