Notes From Ice Country

A mix of bad news and semi-good news:

SPOT REPORTS AT 8 AM CST

Goodland, Kansas…25, freezing rain, wind north 25, wind chill 11 (3 inches of snow/ice on the ground)
Wichita…33, light rain
Topeka…32 freezing rain (High/low last 24 hours 32/30 with 1.92 inches of rain
Kansas City…32, freezing rain
Joplin, Mo.,…34, light rain
Springfield, Mo.,…50, fog (warming up from the south)
St. Louis…40 drizzle, fog, visibility only 1/8 mile at Lambert Field

OTHER NOTES
* Only the NW one-third of Oklahoma still under winter weather advisories/warnings although much of the area, including Oklahoma City and Tulsa still iced in.

* St Louis getting a break although it could change over to some more freezing rain again tonight

STILL UNDER THE GUN
Texas Panhandle
Extreme Northwest Oklahoma
Kansas except the Extreme Southeast
Most of the north half of Missouri
Southeast Nebraska
Iowa except the Extreme Northwest
South third of Wisconsin
North third of Illinois
Extreme North Indiana
Most of Lower Michigan

Some of the officials in the middle of the USA are now rating this as the worst ice storm ever fdor their area.

CLOSER LOOK AT TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY
Tulsa…34 degrees with a thunderstorm and heavy rain at 8 am. Wind north 7. A high of 42 later today with occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms. Tonight, light rain may become mixed with light freezing rain after midnight with an overnight low of 32. Less than 1/4 inch additional ice load is expected.

Oklahoma City…34 with light rain and fog at 8 am. Wind NNE 3. Dense fog in the area. Rain with isolated thunderstorms expected today with a high of 42. Low tonight 30 with light rain becoming mized with light freezing rain again. Wednesday, a good chance of rain, high 36.

WeatherBrains
There is a very interesting interview with a gentleman from Tulsa with a lot of ice-storm first hand information, Check it out.

THING TO REMEMBER
One-fourth or one-half inch of ice accumulation does not sound much. One-half inch accumulations can cause serious damage and one-inch ice loads can bring a disaster with widespread power outages and tree damage. A lot of trees will fall. Even one a one-fourth inch buildup can start problems. Even less than that can skid you out of control when driving.

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