THIS IS KOCO FIVE NEWS AT 4:00. AS YOU JOIN US HERE AT 4:00. TOMORROW IS AN ALERT DAY FOR DANGEROUS WINDS, THREATS OF FIRES AND POWER OUTAGES. I’M ABIGAIL OGLE, AND I’M EVAN ONSTOT. WE’RE FOLLOWING THAT. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING MORE IN YOUR TOP FIVE STORIES TODAY. A BAN ON CELL PHONES IN ALL OKLAHOMA CLASSROOMS PASSED THE STATE SENATE TODAY. ALSO, STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, AND THE LATEST FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S TRADE WAR AND CONTINUED TARIFF INCREASE. BUT FIRST, LET’S GET TO TOMORROW’S ALERT DAY FORECAST. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST DAMON LANE, YOU WERE JUST TELLING US THE WINDS ARE ACTUAY ALREADY STARTING TO PICK UP IN PARTS OF THE STATE WE ARE BEGINNING TO NOW SEE AND FEEL THE WINDS PICKING UP OUT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. BUT THIS IS NEW FOR THIS AFTERNOON. OUR HIGH WIND WATCH HAS NOW BEEN UPGRADED TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR CENTRAL, NORTHERN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND OUT INTO THE PANHANDLES HERE FOR WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 40 TO 45, GUSTING AS HIGH AS 70MPH FOR TOMORROW. AND THE WAY THAT THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE BLOWING IN TOMORROW, IT’S GOING TO PICK UP A LOT OF DIRT AND A LOT OF DUST FROM NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS, AND IT WILL BLOW IT INTO OKLAHOMA, WHICH MEANS THAT THE SKIES AND YEAH, WE DO HAVE SOME CLOUDS IN HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE SKIES TOMORROW ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT HAZY LOOK AND THAT DIRTY LOOK RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IT IS WARM OUT HERE, 81 DEGREES CURRENTLY IN OKLAHOMA CITY. STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE WINDS PICKING UP HERE IN THE METRO RIGHT NOW. ABOUT 20 PLUS MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING RIGHT NOW, TRAVEL LOOKS OKAY, BUT NORTH SOUTH ROADS TOMORROW, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE OKAY WITH THOSE WINDS CREATING A CROSSWIND FLYING TOMORROW. I EXPECT THAT THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE SOME FLIGHT DELAYS AND JUST ISSUES GETTING OUT OF THE AIRPORT, AS THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY STRONG OUT HERE RIGHT NOW, 83 DEGREES IN SOUTH OKC. SO HERE ARE THE WINDS RIGHT NOW. AGAIN A 20 30 MILE PER HOUR WINDS GUSTING RIGHT NOW OUT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. BUT EXPECT THOSE TO GO UP BY QUITE A BIT. SO WE’RE GOING TO TRACK THESE WINDS IN HERE JUST IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND SHOW YOU HOW LONG THAT THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR YOU ABBY. ALL RIGHT DAMON. AND IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE AND TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH SUCH A POWERFUL STORM SET TO HIT US TOMORROW, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERM BOMB CYCLONE. IT GETS THROWN AROUND HERE. FIELD METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL ARMSTRONG JOINING US RIGHT NOW. LIVE FROM THE PATIO BREAKING IT DOWN FOR US. I MEAN, MIKE, THAT TERM SOUNDS SCARY WHEN YOU HEAR IT. IF YOU SEE IT ONLINE, IS THIS STORM A BOMB CYCLONE? WELL, I’M GLAD YOU ASKED BECAUSE IT’S ACTUALLY NOT. AND I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHY. SO LET’S DIVE RIGHT IN. JUST CALL A STORM A BOMB CYCLONE. IF THE AIR PRESSURE DROPS ENOUGH OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD, THESE STORMS ALSO USUALLY HAVE BIGGER IMPACTS. SO THE CENTER OF THE STORM THAT WILL IMPACT US TOMORROW IS IN CANADA RIGHT NOW AS IT MOVES INTO KANSAS AND STRENGTHENS ON FRIDAY, IT WILL PRODUCE VERY INTENSE WINDS ACROSS OKLAHOMA. THEN BY SATURDAY, THE CENTER OF THE STORM WILL MOVE AWAY FROM US AND INTO MINNESOTA AND OUR WINDS WILL DECREASE AS THAT HAPPENS. BUT JUST BECAUSE THE STORM ISN’T A BOMB, CYCLONE DOESN’T MEAN IT WON’T BE HIGH IMPACT. IN FACT, LOOK AT THE FIRE RISK OVER OKLAHOMA TOMORROW. IT’S AT THE HIGHEST DANGER LEVEL WE HAVE EXTREME. ALSO, NOTICE HOW STRONG THE WINDS WILL BE OVER NEARLY THE ENTIRE STATE. SOME AREAS WILL SEE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70MPH. THIS STORM WILL HAVE WIDESPREAD IMPACTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TOO, LIKE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IT COULD ALSO PRODUCE NUMEROUS TORNADOES, WIND DAMAGE, HAIL AND FLOODING TO OUR EAST, AS WELL. YEAH, SO THE TERM BOMB CYCLONE IS REALLY MORE OF A WEATHER TERM. IT IS AN OFFICIAL TERM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT’S REALLY THE IMPACTS THAT MATTER MOST. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON FOR YOU FEEL METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL ARMSTRONG KOCO FIVE NEWS. YEAH, EXACTLY RIGHT. BOMB, CYCLONE OR NOT MICHAEL, IT’S STILL JUST GOING TO BE A DANGEROUS DAY. THANK YOU. IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE PHONE FREE SCHOOLS, SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR AND MANY OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DO THAT TODAY? THE SENATE’S VERSION OF THIS CHANGED TO ENFORCE A ONE YEAR BAN ON THOSE PHONES. NOW, SENATORS QUESTIONED THE BILL’S AUTHOR ABOUT WHY THE CHANGE TO ONLY ONE YEAR. ALSO, THE HOUSE HAS THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE BILL, WHICH PASSED OUT OF THE CHAMBER EARLIER THIS SESSION. NOW, BOTH OF THESE BILLS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THEY WILL GET EACH OTHER’S BILL AFTER THE NEXT DEADLINE, AND THEN WE COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT WHICH ONE WILL BECOME LAW IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE. AN ETHICS PROBE INTO STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS COULD GO TO COURT. TODAY. THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION VOTED TO PURSUE PROSECUTION IN DISTRICT COURT AGAINST WALTERS FOR ALLEGED CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS. THE COMMISSION SPENT THREE HOURS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TALKING ABOUT THIS AND COMING UP AT 5:00. KOCO’S KYLIE THOMAS WAS IN THAT MEETING. SHE’S GOING TO GIVE US THE VERY LATEST FROM THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS STATE LAWMAKERS IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW THREATENING A 200% TARIFF ON WINE AND CHAMPAGNE COMING IN FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW THIS WILL AFFECT SMALL BUSINESSES. HE SAYS, QUOTE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE SO MUCH RICHER THAN THEY ARE NOW. HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE TARIFF ON WINE COMING FROM THE EU WILL HELP AMERICAN COMPANIES. STOCKS ARE ONCE AGAIN TUMBLING, AFFECTING AMERICANS. 401 S I’M NOT GOING TO BEND AT ALL OR ALUMINUM OR STEEL OR CARS. WE’RE NOT GOING TO BEND WHATEVER THEY CHARGE US WITH. WE’RE CHARGING THEM. AND CANADA IS RETALIATORY. TARIFFS TOOK EFFECT OVERNIGHT, AFFECTING U.S. EXPORTS OF STEEL AND ALUMINUM. TRUMP SAYING THIS TARIFF WAR WILL CAUSE A LITTLE DISRUPTION, BUT IT WON’T BE VERY LONG. END QUOTE. THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FIVE STORIES AT 4:00. BUT OUR COVERAGE DOES NOT END THERE. NOW IS THE TIME TO DOWNLOAD THE KOCO APP SO YOU CAN GET THE LATEST ON BREAKING NEWS AND WEATHER. A DEVELOPING STORY THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING TODAY. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AFTER A CRASH IN LOGAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. HIGHWAY PATROL CLOSED THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 51 AND HIGHWAY 77. THAT’S JUST NORTH OF MULHALL. AROUND 8:00 THIS MORNING. IN FACT, THAT INTERSECTION WAS CLOSED FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS. THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM AND WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. ALSO DEVELOPING NOW. A SEMI TRUCK HIT AND KILLED A PERSON. WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS TO YOU AS BREAKING NEWS DURING THIS NEWSCAST YESTERDAY. AND NOW WE’RE LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT HAPPENED ON THE I-44 OFF RAMP NEAR FOURTH STREET IN CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA. HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH. THE VICTIM HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS CASE EITHER. WE KNOW THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WAS A MAN FROM YUKON. HE WAS NOT HURT. OKLAHOMA CITY FIRE CREWS BUSY IN THE METRO THIS MORNING. WE HAD SKY FIVE PILOT CHASE RUTLEDGE. THE ONLY NEWS HELICOPTER OVER THE SCENE TODAY. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 645 THIS MORNING AS CREWS RESPONDED NEAR KELLY AND WILSHIRE. WE ARE TOLD FLAMES SPARKED INSIDE OF A BEDROOM. CREWS WERE ABLE TO LIMIT THOSE FLAMES TO JUST THAT PART OF THE HOUSE. FIREFIGHTERS AND. OBVIOUSLY A HUGE POLICE RESPONSE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE. FIRST RESPONDERS THERE. ON