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We still haven an enhanced risk of tornadoes today...this time in the Southeast. Brown is the significant tornado threat. Yellow is the enhance threat area and, where the yellow is hatched, violent tornadoes may occur. Please keep up on the weather in this region.

This says it all...

The purple polygons (on this display system) are tornado warnings in western Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma. The threat of tornadoes continues during the night for the areas below in yellow and brown but the likelihood of overnight violent tornadoes seems less than it did even a few hours ago. The ice storm (salmon color on upper map) continues and power failures are reported in northeast Kansas. They may spread into northern Missouri and southeast Iowa during the night. There are many areas of flash flooding from Missouri to Texas. I would discourage overnight travel with this intense storm.

Snow Forecast Freezing Rain Amount Forecast  Sperry-Piltz Ice Accumulation Index Below is the chart to estimate the ice storm's effects in your area. Please prepare for power failures if they are forecasted for your area. Note: this will be the last of the ice storm forecasts unless a major change in this weather system occurs.

Purple polygons on this display = tornado warnings. The pink (salmon) colors are freezing rain. Blue is snow. For the next few hours the tornado risk is really going to ratchet up over southeast Oklahoma and northeast Texas, including parts of the DFW Metroplex.

Major Ice Storm In Progress The above map is the forecast additional freezing rain from now until 4am Saturday. And, here is the freezing rain forecast from now through 10am Saturday. By this time, the ice is forecast to be spreading into northern Illinois. Wind gusts up to 35 mph are possible in Kansas late this afternoon and this evening. That could cause issues with power lines and power failures.