Oklahoma City street crews are preparing for another round of snow though it's a little out of character in March.  The trucks are mounted, and the treatment is already blanketing bridges.  Oklahoma City street crews have become very familiar with potentially dangerous storms.

Mike DeGiacomo, the Street Supervisor for Oklahoma City says, "We'll have our whole sections of crews in getting ready for what some people are calling another blizzard."

4-5,000 tons of salt is piled high, while 21 trucks will be putting it on roads, and 12 plows are running right now.

"It's one of those issues of 620 square miles, and how many people can I put out there and clear the snow depending on how much has accumulated," DeGiacomo explained.

DeGiacomo knows there's more people in town because of the NCAA Tournament, but says everyone should be cautious.

"if they don't have to be out, and we get a prediction as they say, then it's our recommendation that they not be out," Degiacomo described.

The Oklahoma City Street Department says they'll run snow plows and salt trucks for as long as needed.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A powerful winter storm is expected to dump 10 inches or more of snow on parts of Oklahoma on the first day of spring.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning. Forecasters say between eight and 10 inches of snow is likely on Saturday from north central Oklahoma to southeast of the Oklahoma City area.

Officials say the winter storm could make driving hazardous and disrupt men's and women's NCAA Basketball Tournament games scheduled this weekend in Oklahoma City and Norman.

Sukie Allison of the Department of Transportation says wet roads were reported in the Oklahoma Panhandle before noon Friday as the storm entered the state.  The noontime temperature in the Panhandle city of Guymon was 37 but reached 74 in Ardmore in southern Oklahoma.