Cold Front Ushers In Tornadoes And Snow

From spring-like storms Sunday evening to winter weather on Monday, Oklahoma weather has gone full circle within the past 24 hours. 

Parts of eastern Oklahoma could get as much as 10 inches of snow by Tuesday morning. Snow began falling in the state early Monday and the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning through Tuesday morning for portions of eastern Oklahoma.   

Sunday afternoon, several tornadoes were spotted in rural areas of Blaine County and Grant County in northwestern Oklahoma. No fatalities or severe damage was reported, although strong winds brought down power lines, causing some outages and road closures in northwestern counties.   

A cold front which entered the state on Sunday was the primary cause of the storms. That front will drop temperatures into the 30s in most of Oklahoma Monday, after highs reached the upper 60s to lower 80s in most of the state Sunday. 

The Monday rainfall in Tulsa did create some slick roads. Newson6.com SKYCAM network caught a traffic accident on U.S. Highway 75 where the driver apparently slid into a guardrail.  It was just one of several accidents reported on the area roads Monday morning. 

Again, there is a winter storm advisory in effect until about 6 a.m. Tuesday.  Which means portions of northeastern and eastern Oklahoma could see several inches of snow.