Fire risk increases for Thursday, rounds of heavy rain for the weekend

Thursday is hot! Highs reach the 80s and 90s across the state.

Fire risk is increases in Western and Northwestern OK.

Our next system arrives Friday, bringing rain and a low severe threat. Rain chances and cooler weather linger through Easter Weekend.

Waves of rain and storms move in for the weekend. It will be cool behind Friday's cold front. Highs will stay in the 50s both Saturday and Sunday.

Rain looks to move out early Sunday morning. Easter Sunday looks dry for the afternoon and evening.

STORM SAFETY:

🔗Severe weather safety: what to do before, during, and after a storm

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🔗Severe weather safety: what you need to know to prepare

Emergency Info: Outages Across Oklahoma:

Northeast Oklahoma has various power companies and electric cooperatives, many of which have overlapping areas of coverage. Below is a link to various outage maps.

1. PSO Outage Map
2. OG&E Outage Map
3. VVEC Outage Map
4. Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) Outage Map
5. Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Outage Map — (Note Several Smaller Co-ops Included)

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