A Scary Ice Storm

Check out this Special from NWS, Little Rock late this afternoon. By all means, this is not limited to just North and Central Arkansas. A big majority of the weather stations in Oklahoma were reporting freezing rain at 4 pm with most temperatures in the 20s and the wind chill in the teens.

Check out a few spot reports at the end of this post:

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
440 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009

…MAJOR ICE STORM EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS…

BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION-
NEWTON-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ASH FLAT…BATESVILLE…BEE BRANCH…
BULL SHOALS…CALICO ROCK…CAVE CITY…CLINTON…DEER…DRASCO…
FAIRFIELD BAY…FLIPPIN…GASSVILLE…GREERS FERRY…HARDY…
HARRISON…HEBER SPRINGS…HORSESHOE BEND…JASPER…LEAD HILL…
LESLIE…MAMMOTH SPRING…MARSHALL…MELBOURNE…MOUNTAIN HOME…
MOUNTAIN VIEW…NEWPORT…NORFORK…OIL TROUGH…OMAHA…OXFORD…
PLEASANT PLAINS…SALEM…SUMMIT…SWIFTON…TUCKERMAN…VIOLA…
WESTERN GROVE…YELLVILLE
440 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009

…ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY…

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

PRECIPITATION…IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN…IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL PERIODS OF
FREEZING PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF NORTHERN
ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. TREES AND POWER LINES WILL
LIKELY BECOME ICE COVERED…LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE
AREA.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES
THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

LATE AFTERNOON SPOT REPORTS
BENTON, ARK…Storm spotter reports numerous bridges slushy. Shoulders icing over.

SHAMROCK, OKLA…Highway 16 slick and hazardous. School bus turned sideways.

TULSA…Numerous accidents Tulsa Metropolitan Area due to ice.

OWASSO, OKLA…Secondary roads ice covered.

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