-- The US National Weather service issued few weather warnings on Friday, but signaled a risk of severe thunderstorms over the weekend, particularly in the southern Plains and into the Mississippi Valley, while in the western High Plains and Southeast, dry, breezy conditions could propagate wildfires.
The severe thunderstorm warning covers Joplin, Branson, Fayetteville, Grove, Tulsa, Muskogee, all of which are clustered near the borders of Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas.
Flash floods are possible in Stillwater in Oklahoma and to the east of Enid and a separate one for Kansas City and neighboring Olathe. Power providers there are Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OGE), Entergy Arkansas (ETR), Liberty (LBRT) and Ameren's (AEE) Missouri unit.
The combination of wind and relatively low humidity prompted a warning of fire weather for all of the eastern half of Colorado, stretching into the southeastern corner of Wyoming and southwestern Nebraska.
In Colorado, the warning covered Springfield, Kim, Trinidad, San Luis, Alamosa, La Veta Pass, Saguache, Westcliffe, Pueblo, Canon City, La Junta, Lamar, Eads, Salida, Buena Vista, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Limon, Woodland Park, Leadville, Denver, Boulder, Akron, Fort Morgan, Greeley and Fort Collins.
Power providers in Colorado are Xcel Energy (XEL) and Black Hills (BKH) utility Black Hills Energy.
In southeastern Wyoming, the warning covered Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs. In southwestern Nebraska, affected areas were Kimball, Sidney, and a patch south of Harrisburg.
The main Wyoming power provider is Rocky Mountain Power.
In the northwestern and southwestern corners of Colorado, there was a freeze warning covering Baggs, Craig, Meeker, Rangely, Cortez and Durango.
A freeze warning covered about half of Montana, its northern extremes and the southwest. Areas affected include Cut Bank, Havre, Malta, Glasgow, Jordan, Circle, Terry, Glendive and Plentywood in the north and Red Lodge, Bozeman, Butte, Helena and Missoula in the southwest.
The freeze warning extended over the border into Idaho's Lowell and the edges of Grangeville and Riggins.
The main power provider in Montana is Northwestern Energy (NWE) and MDU Resources (MDU) unit Montana-Dakota Utilities.